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New chief fire officer appointed for Northern Ireland
Aidan Jennings will take up his new role at NIFRS on Friday.
Winter health plan published with warning that patients will face delays
Northern Ireland’s health department is facing significant budget challenges.
Three-year extension to suicide prevention strategy announced
The Department of Health said challenges in relation to the budget as well as the pandemic had prevented full delivery of the strategy’s objectives.
Department approves plan to move all hospital births in Northern Trust to Antrim
Permanent secretary Peter May said he had taken the decision to ‘ensure safe, consistent and sustainable care’.
‘Momentous day’ as Daithi’s Law takes effect in Northern Ireland
The new legislation is named in honour of six-year-old Daithi Mac Gabhann.
Health workers in Northern Ireland denied pay award amid budget cut fears
The senior civil servant running the health service in the north said he did not have the funds to replicate pay awards made in England.
Charities left in limbo as Stormont department suspends £3.6m grant scheme
A £3.6 MILLION grant scheme for charities in the north has been suspended by the Department of Health - and no funding awarded - after an “unanticipated number of bids for more than £100,000”.
Health service 'fixable' but difficult choices lies ahead - senior civil servant
THE senior civil servant running Northern Ireland's under pressure health service has warned that difficult choices lie ahead amid ongoing budgetary uncertainty.