healthcare
Ulster University graduates hope government review will end ‘toxic debate’ over Physicians Associates
Graduates say it is difficult to get jobs
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.
Company fined £50,000 over death of nursing home resident in Lisburn
Pat Thompson died after suffering multiple injuries in a fall at Rose Lodge Nursing Home in 2020
Lack of progress on children’s social care an ‘embarrassment’
18 months after a major report into children’s social care in Northern Ireland was published, the author has warned that a record high of 4,000 children on waiting lists is getting worse
Study finds over 70% of men who suffered intimate partner violence considered suicide
The research from Queen’s University also found social stigmas often prevented men coming forward about their abuse
North’s GP funding crisis must be resolved or patients will lose out, conference told
The NI Local Medical Conference was held in Belfast on Saturday
Patients ‘Let Down’ by Occupational Therapy Services
Mmebers have recieverd a deputaion from the Western Trust around wait times for occupational therapy services v.1
Sinn Féin MP and former nurses’ leader Pat Cullen says ‘14 years of austerity’ cannot be reversed under one budget
Pat Cullen is ‘hopeful’ new strikes can be avoided
Mental health waiting lists up 30% over psychiatry workforce crisis
A quarter of consultant psychiatrist posts in Northern Ireland are vacant, causing waiting lists to deteriorate
Health workers ‘angry’ after pay offer
The British Medical Association says anger among doctors is ‘unprecedented’