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Success of day procedure centre hailed
The Regional Day Procedure Centre at Lagan Valley Hospital points the way to how health reform can deliver for patients in Northern...
Dec 19, 2022
Farmers’ Choir cultivates happiness and health ahead of inaugural Christmas concert
A choir consisting of farmers and their families has been formed to boost mental health and increase social opportunities within rural...
Dec 17, 2022
Early detection and treatment key to survival – Cancer Focus NI
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has welcomed today’s release of the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry’s most up-to-date statistics on the...
Dec 14, 2022
All Party Group launches inquiry in bid to tackle gambling related harm in NI
The All Party Group (APG) on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling has launched an inquiry into public health approaches to gambling-related...
Dec 13, 2022
System working hard to replenish stocks of antibiotics - Department of Health
Northern Ireland's Department of Health has issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon, December 13th, as concerns and frustrations grow...
Dec 13, 2022
PHA urge parents to get children vaccinated against flu
With Christmas around the corner time Northern Ireland's Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging those who are eligible to get their winter...
Dec 13, 2022
Families encouraged to talk about organ donation
The Public Health Agency is encouraging everyone to think about organ donation on Organ Donation Discussion Day (Sunday 11 December), to...
Dec 11, 2022
Everything you need to know about Health and Care Services over Christmas and New Year
The Department of Health is encouraging everyone to look after themselves, both physically and mentally over the Christmas and New Year...
Dec 10, 2022
Hope for takeover of GP practice in Ballymena following ‘late proposal’
The Department of Health has today confirmed that arrangements are currently progressing for one of the two GP practices in Balllymena...
Dec 9, 2022
Council to request urgent meeting as two GP practices facing closure in Ballymena
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is to request an urgent meeting with the Permanent Secretary for Health over the proposed closure of...
Dec 8, 2022
Parents and carers asked to be aware of the symptoms of scarlet fever
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising parents and carers to be aware of the symptoms of scarlet fever following an increase in the...
Dec 5, 2022
Trust approves business case new £210m maternity unit at Antrim Area Hospital
A business case for a new £210m women and children’s unit at Antrim Hospital was approved for submission to the Department of Health at a...
Dec 5, 2022
Cancer Focus NI awards £90,000 grant to Queen’s University for oesophageal cancer research
Northern Ireland’s longest running cancer charity, Cancer Focus NI, has funded a three-year research fellow post at the Patrick G....
Dec 4, 2022
UKHSA issues advice to parents after six children die from Strep A in UK
The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that scarlet fever cases continue to remain higher than we would...
Dec 2, 2022
Sainsbury’s supports low-income families in Northern Ireland as cost-of-living rises
Sainsbury’s has announced that for the first time, it will be rolling out its £2 top up coupon that accompanies the Government funded NHS...
Dec 1, 2022
Patients benefit from investment in Armoy Medical Centre
The Department of Health has invested £220,000 in a County Antrim GP practice to extend facilities and increase services for patients....
Nov 30, 2022
PHA publishes new report revealing slight increase in HIV diagnosis in NI
A new report from the Public Health Agency (PHA) shows that there are 1,325 people in Northern Ireland living with HIV. The ‘HIV...
Nov 30, 2022
NACN team remind farming community across North Antrim to make time for themselves
Northern Area Community Network (NACN) has continued working over recent months engaging with the farming community of North Antrim and...
Nov 27, 2022
Beds booked in ‘independent sector’ to ease pressure in Antrim and Coleraine
The Northern Health and Social Care Trust has booked beds in the independent sector in a bid to improve discharge rates at its acute...
Nov 27, 2022
People in NI are getting the health service we pay for – Department of Health
Fundamental questions need to be addressed on the future of our health service, Department of Health Permanent Secretary Peter May has...
Nov 25, 2022
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