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Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has hailed “real and meaningful change” across Northern Ireland’s health service, as new figures show major progress in cutting some of the longest waiting times for care under the Department of Health’s Reset Plan. Since April 2025, more than 100,000 red flag or time-critical patients have been seen, diagnosed, or treated across Health and Social Care Trusts (HSC), including through partnerships with the independent sector. The Department expect

L-R: Siobhan Martin, Clare Wilson, Charlene McLaughlin, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt, Eileen Dolan, Dr Mary McDaid, Sarah McElholm and Margaret Ferris Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has paid tribute to clinicians working within the Western Health and Social Care Trust’s specialist Autism Early Intervention Service (EIS) as part of World Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Day celebrations. World AHP Day is an annual event dedicated to recognising the vital contributions of Allied

On World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2025, the Health and Education Ministers of Northern Ireland launched an innovative digital...

Alliance MLA for East Antrim, Stewart Dickson , has delivered a powerful appeal in the Northern Ireland Assembly for increased research...

Staff from Braid Valley canteen are among those supporting newly revised nutritional standards within health and social care settings. In...

Hazelle Ongcoy and Caillee McHugh represented the Northern Health and Social Care Trust Two dedicated nurses from Antrim Area Hospital’s...

Ballymoney Family Practice Ballymoney Family Practice has released detailed figures highlighting the immense workload handled by its team...

RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, presents an award to the winning team from the Northern Trust. Also...

The Department of Health (DoH) has released the latest figures on investment in general practice in Northern Ireland, covering 2020-21 to...

A deterioration in waiting times for an urgent consultation for suspected breast cancer has been described as “almost inevitable”....

Suzanne Pullins, newly appointed Interim Chief Executive of Northern Health & Social Care Trust The Northern Health and Social Care Trust...

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt and Alison Griffiths, Nurse Consultant PHA launching the winter vaccines in Portaferry The Public Health...

Antrim Crown Court A woman from the Greysteel area has been sentenced for defrauding a medical practice in Limavady out of more than...

Moyle Hospital in Larne Patients attending Moyle Hospital in Larne faced disruption on Monday 29 September after a break-in forced the...

A major firefighting operation is under way at Whiteabbey Hospital, Newtownabbey, after a blaze broke out on Sunday morning. The Northern...

Margaret Toye pictured with district nursing colleagues. A much-loved nurse has been honoured in Coleraine after an extraordinary career...

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt First 1,000 days in a child’s life are critical, says Minister Nesbitt as updated child health framework is...

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Deputy Leader Robbie Butler has criticised US President Donald Trump for spreading “grossly inappropriate”...

(L-R) Health Minister Mike Nesbitt with Northern Trust staff, Hannah Liken, CT Radiographer and Seán ÓConaire, Assistant Director. In a...

Northern Ireland’s GP of the Year 2025, Dr Louise Beck Dr Louise Beck, a dedicated general practitioner from Victoria Surgery in Larne,...