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Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff attacked almost 700 times over 12 month period

Crews have been attacked with weapons including a tomahawk hatchet, knuckle-duster and snooker balls

Belfast Live

Cross-border healthcare plans stalled by Stormont's collapse

The Health Minister said a north-south body involved in healthcare cooperation cannot meet because there is no Stormont Executive

Belfast Live

Compensation payments to NI blood scandal victims should be made ‘at pace’

Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the Government’s decision to pay £100,000 to survivors of the contaminated blood scandal.

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Work underway to find new GPs to take over Co Down surgeries

The current GP partners at Priory Surgery in Holywood and Springhill in Bangor will hand back their contract to health bosses early next year

Belfast Live

Councillors condemn 'inhumane' treatment of mental health patients in Western Trust

“People are presenting to medical professionals seeking support and being told there is nowhere to go. That is completely inhumane.”

Belfast Live

David Trimble’s journey from Drumcree hardliner to peace prize winner and leader

He famously declared: “We’ve done our bit. Mr Adams, it’s over to you. We’ve jumped, you follow.”

Belfast Live

Swann raises fears over nurses strike as he says pay rise cannot be implemented

The Health Minister said he had accepted the recommendations made by pay review bodies but was unable to move forward with them

Belfast Live

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Health Minister welcomes plan to offer Covid booster vaccine to everyone over 50

The new advice is aimed at boosting protection ahead of possible further waves of the virus

Belfast Live

Leading GP expresses sadness and frustration over closure of North Belfast medical practice

“This decision to close has not been taken lightly by the partners and is the absolute last resort.”

Belfast Live

Work underway to find new GPs to take over North Belfast medical practice

Grove Medical Practice on York Road will no longer be providing GP services from 31 December

Belfast Live

Covid self-isolation advice reduced to five days in Northern Ireland

The period is three days for children who are thought to be less infectious than adults.

The Independent UK

Covid NI: Self-isolation guidance relaxed and lateral flow test availability extended

The Health Minister said the updated advice "seeks to strike the right balance at this stage of the pandemic"

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland health department misses cancer treatment targets

Cancer Research UK said January 2022 was the worst month on record for patients starting treatment for cancer.

The Independent UK

Plan to reconfigure how surgeries are carried out in Northern Ireland published

The Mater Hospital in Belfast will be the location for the first of these new centres

Belfast Live

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Health Minister Robin Swann named Politician of the Year at UK awards

Health Minister Robin Swann has been awarded Politician of the Year 2022 at the Civility in Politics Awards (CIPA)

The Independent UK

Health chief pledges to rebuild trust after Independent Neurology Inquiry report

Dr Cathy Jack and Health Minister Robin Swann apologised to patients for system failings and missed opportunities around the work of Dr Michael Watt.

The Independent UK

‘We were failed’ – former patients of Dr Michael Watt

They have called for accountability from the Belfast Health Trust.

The Independent UK

Systems and processes failed neurologist’s patients, inquiry finds

The work of the Belfast-based neurologist Dr Michael Watt was at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients.

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Belfast Live

Plan commissioned to restructure hospital network in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland currently has the longest hospital waiting lists in the UK and experts have warned that the current structures are not sustainable

Belfast Live

Almost a fifth of recalled patients of neurologist received 'insecure diagnosis'

Mr Swann also said that work has been undertaken by his department to find a way forward on a compensation scheme for patients

Belfast Live

Diesel cars still not tested for toxic emissions by Northern Ireland DVA

Charities are calling for action on cancer causing air pollution as children at exhaust level

The Independent UK

Public hearings in Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry under way in Belfast

The inquiry is examining allegations of abuse of patients at the Co Antrim facility.

Belfast Live

GP services in Tyrone under threat as urgent meeting requested with Health chief

Fears for 5,500 patients at one surgery as it struggles to find a replacement GP

The Guardian - UK

Van Morrison takes legal action against Northern Ireland health department and minister over Covid article

The musician’s action comes in response to a Rolling Stone article by minister Robin Swann defending his department’s response to the pandemic

The Independent UK

Lewis to commission abortion services ‘within weeks’ if Stormont does not act

Brandon Lewis said he has both a moral and legal duty to ensure women and girls have the same access to health care as in the rest of the UK.

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