Mike Nesbitt
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.
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
Health minister needs to see there’s more than one crisis point facing NHS - The Irish News view
Irish News leader on health service woes
Health workers ‘angry’ after pay offer
The British Medical Association says anger among doctors is ‘unprecedented’
Stormont’s Health Minister proposes two-stage process to make pay award to health workers
The BMA NI has said any move to not make the recommended pay award in full would be ‘totally unacceptable’.
Stormont’s health crisis: Pay disputes, strike threats & the urgent need for reform - The Irish News view
The nettle of reform has remained ungrasped for far too long
Frontline nurse calls pay dispute ‘a slap in the face’
Unions warn that strike action looks likely if recommended pay award not given
Health minister backs plans for statutory duty of candour
The Alliance motion said the legislation was not about criminalising mistakes, but preventing cover ups in the health service.
Senior medic warns of ‘utter disaster’ of failing to meet pay awards in Northern Ireland
Dr David Farren was responding after the health minister Mike Nesbitt said his budget wouldn’t allow him to keep up with a 5.5% pay increase across the UK.