health and social care
Co Armagh girl Etta’s Christmas appeal for double organ transplant
Last Christmas, Olly Cartmill (4) from Bessbrook received a kidney transplant from his grandmother. Now his little sister Etta is waiting for both a kidney and liver transplant.
Specialist doctors in Northern Ireland accept pay offer
SAS doctors accepted an up to 7.1% increase, calling it a ‘credible step towards pay restoration’.
Fresh calls for cervical screening inquiry as two senior medics quit
Two senior medics in Northern Ireland’s cervical screening programme warned of ‘another major scandal’ without reform of services.
Safe sleeping warning for young families over Christmas
The Public Health Agency has shared advice to reduce the risk of sudden infant death over the holiday period.
‘Extremely challenging’ winter ahead for health service as hospital admissions increase for flu
Medical chiefs have warned hospital admissions due to flu and Covid have increased in recent weeks
Call for vaccinations as Covid and flu hospitalisations rise
Medical chiefs in the north have said they are seeing increasing admissions to hospital in the lead up to Christmas
Ambulance wait deaths in Northern Ireland treble in five years
Shocking figures show 50 people died while waiting for an ambulance in 2023/24, up from 16 in 2021/22
Commissioner for older people steps down after eight years
Recently speaking out against winter fuel cuts and scams against pensioners, a replacement for Eddie Lynch has yet to be announced.
MLAs criticise health reform plans as a ‘wishlist’ and ‘lacking in detail’
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said he hoped his three-year plan for health and social care would offer ‘hope and ambition’
Gas pipe defect at new maternity hospital to be fixed ‘swiftly’ and will cost £50,000
The hospital, the estimated cost of which has spiralled from £57.2m to £97.1m during the almost 10-year delay, had been expected to open next year.