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The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Health

Northern Ireland mental health crisis set to get worse, Audit Office report warns

Spiralling waiting lists and staff vacancies signs of an underfunded sector

Belfast Live

Nurses to demonstrate at Stormont over ‘escalating crisis’ in NI health service

The demonstration will come as voters across Northern Ireland head to the polls for the council elections.

The Independent UK

Student nursing cuts will impact Derry 'worse than elsewhere' with Magee set to lose out

Student numbers are set to be reduced by 300 in nursing and allied health professions

Belfast Live

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Northern Ireland dentists warn future of service now at risk and say cuts are the wrong cure

"If the axe falls on dentistry - indeed if there is a failure to provide needed investment - this service faces collapse."

Belfast Live

Weight loss injection warning from NI Department of Health over dangers of buying 'unregulated' jabs

People are being urged to consider the implications of buying drugs online from unverified websites or dubious sources

Belfast Live

Former nurse sentenced for dosing error seeks license return

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient is seeking to have her license restored

The Independent UK

Busy Derry GP surgery 'saved' after contract handed back as new doctor takes over

The surgery had been at risk of closure

Belfast Live

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Urgent action needed to save GP services in Northern Ireland, BMA warns

It is the 15th practice to hand back its contract in Northern Ireland within the past year

Belfast Live

No fines issued despite rampant selling of illegal vapes in WA, as parent vents frustration

The sale of nicotine vapes and e-cigarettes without a prescription has been illegal in Western Australia for several years, but not a single retailer has been fined in the past 12 months.

ABC News

Naheed Ahmed obituary

Other lives: Hospital doctor who worked in Swansea, London and Saudi Arabia before returning to the UK as a medical assessor

The Guardian - UK

Call for 'urgent' review of codeine sales in Ireland as figures show alarming prescription rates in 2022

Figures released to Fine Gael TD Colm Burke showed that over one million prescriptions for codeine were dispensed through public drug schemes in 2022. This does not include private prescriptions or over the counter sales.

Irish Mirror

Smear test: Woman slams 16 week wait for results in NI

"The delay could mean any woman who finds out she has cells that could become cancerous has to wait so long to find out, never mind get treatment. It’s just not good enough"

Belfast Live

Leading GP issues stark warning as another medical practice hands back contract

In the past 12 months, 15 GP practices across Northern Ireland have handed back their contracts

Belfast Live

Health Secretary Steve Barclay accused of 'bullying' by staff, sources say

Critics accused the Government of not having 'a shred of integrity yet' after ex-Deputy PM Dominic Raab resigned on Friday after bullying claims were upheld against him

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Irish Mirror

Abortion review debate expected to last months as report suggests removal of three-day wait

The report in abortion services in Ireland was published by the Department of Health on Wednesday. It recommended making the three-day wait period before an abortion optional rather than mandatory.

The Guardian - UK

Health department officials ‘raised concerns’ about Steve Barclay’s behaviour

Exclusive: civil servants have privately referred to ‘bullying’ by health secretary, sources say

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland childminders open up on the crippling impact of cost-of-living crisis

"People are leaving because they're doing the maths and when they realise they're working for less than minimum wage."

Irish Mirror

Stephen Donnelly says it 'doesn't matter' that Robert Watt doesn't accept report into secondment of Tony Holohan

Speaking in the Mater Hospital on Thursday Minister Donnelly said that the Government had accepted Ms Quinn’s report in full.

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Irish Mirror

Tánaiste backs Robert Watt to continue as Dept of Health Secretary General after committee appearance

During a fiery Oireachtas Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday, Department of Health Secretary General Robert Watt said that he rejected most of the findings of a report into former CMO Dr Tony Holohan's secondment to Trinity

Belfast Live

NI Community pharmacies to be reduced as DoH issues statement

"These actions have the potential to impact on patients and other parts of the Health and Social Care system"

Belfast Live

Healthcare strike called off as Secretary of State agrees to meet unions

Members of Unison and NIPSA were due to take industrial action next week

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland healthcare workers pause strike action after talks announced

Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and the Department of Health have agreed to meet representatives next week.

ABC News

West Australian child dies from Murray Valley encephalitis

A child from the West Kimberley dies from Murray Valley encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne infection.

ABC News

WA Health warns against use of eclipse glasses to look directly at Exmouth solar event

Health authorities warn against directly looking at the upcoming total solar eclipse in WA — even with eclipse glasses — due to the risk of permanent eye damage.

Belfast Live

NI council area top hotspot for high emergency admission and death rates for lung conditions

“We shouldn’t wait until people get sick before we help them, there must be a better way.”

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