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The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Health

Rally to oppose Causeway Hospital maternity closure planned days before cut goes ahead

Maternity services at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine are to cease next month

Belfast Live

New guidance needed to stop ministers putting friends on Whitehall boards

MPs call for shakeup to stop ‘super-spads’ being made non-executive directors in government departments

The Guardian - UK

'Staffing crisis' in Northern Irish social work amid call for 'significant change'

A report by Professor Ray Jones has made a series of recommendations including the creation of a new social work body

Belfast Live

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Ombudman slams Northern Ireland's hospital waiting list fiasco as 'systemic maladministration'

Northern Ireland currently has the longest hospital waiting lists in the UK.

Belfast Live

DHSC accepts restrictions caused ‘profound pain’, Covid Inquiry hears

Fiona Scolding KC, representing the Department of Health, said the Government was often faced with a choice between ‘hugely unpalatable options’.

The Independent UK

The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry is over, but the fight for lasting change isn't

Families are urging the government to make sure organisations continue to learn from the mistakes of the past

Manchester Evening News

Stormont health chiefs welcome Irish government funding 250 student nurses

"This planned one-year funding arrangement will be an important practical step in fostering future collaboration across the island of Ireland"

Belfast Live

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Manchester Arena Inquiry: Government urged to regulate healthcare at big events to prevent 'unsafe care, abuse and deaths'

The Care Quality Commission is lobbying the Department of Health and Social Care to bring the 'unregulated' sector under its sphere, to enable it to take action against poor providers

Manchester Evening News

Belfast patients waiting over four years on average for first appointment

The Royal College of Surgeons has warned that cuts could see waiting lists worsen in the future

Belfast Live

Huge rise in alcohol deaths as Liverpool MP slams government's 'broken promises'

Walton MP Dan Carden, who has opened up about his own alcohol battle, has spearheaded the inquiry

Liverpool Echo

Tick season in Minnesota in full force, with unwelcome new visitor

Tribune News Service

Positive Life CEO describes Core Grant Funding cuts as 'a kick in the teeth'

The funding is offered to assist community and voluntary organisations with training and running costs

Belfast Live

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.

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Belfast Live

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

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

The Independent UK

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

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Belfast Live

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

The surgery had been at risk of closure

Belfast Live

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

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - UK

Naheed Ahmed obituary

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

Irish Mirror

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.

Belfast Live

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

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