Health minister
Northern Ireland’s health minister warns budget to remain ‘highly challenging’ next year
As pay disputes with health workers continue, Mike Nesbitt said he already expects next year’s budget to be inadequate.
Hospital parking charges - infrastructure work begins to enable free parking by 2026
It comes two years after the Hospital Parking Charges Act was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly
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Irish News leader on health service woes
Health workers ‘angry’ after pay offer
The British Medical Association says anger among doctors is ‘unprecedented’
Mike Nesbitt won’t support funding allocation that breaks health workers’ pay parity
The health minister said he was still £100m short of the cash needed for a 5.5% pay award to workers
Health service braces itself for ‘very difficult’ winter period
Patients in Northern Ireland are being urged to ease winter hospital pressures through vaccinations, using pharmacies for sore throats and a phone-first service.
Health Ministers back all-Ireland obesity campaign
Mike Nesbitt and Stephen Donnelly are supporting the five-year project to tackle ‘the unhealthy food environment’ on the island of Ireland
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt praises advisor with ‘brain the size of a planet’
The Minister has been vocal on his position that he is ‘not prepared to make catastrophic cuts’
Concerns raised over failure to call former health ministers to Muckamore Abbey inquiry
Launched in 2021, the inquiry is now reaching its final stages
Hundreds gather in Belfast to protest against new Public Health Bill
Concerns about possible measures like mandatory vaccination have been raised