THE controversial seclusion room at Muckamore Abbey hospital is "going to be removed", a Belfast health trust chief revealed at a private meeting three months ago.

"A culture which concealed error" in which parents were "deliberately misled".

DETAILS of an abuse scandal at Muckamore Abbey hospital were "suppressed" by the Belfast health trust, The Irish News can reveal.

July 26 2018 - A whistleblower contacts The Irish News about the scale of an abuse investigation at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

GP services are to be given a £2.

NORTHERN Ireland’s health watchdog has revealed it has received “intelligence” about inadequate staffing levels on a ward at the scandal-hit Muckamore Abbey Hospital this weekend.

TWO of the Belfast health trust's most senior directors have denied that a 'culture of silence' existed at Muckamore Abbey Hospital - despite horrific abuse of patients that went unreported for months.

THE most senior civil servant in the health service has broken his silence about the "truly shocking" findings of a report into abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

A MOTHER-OF-TWO battling terminal breast cancer has been forced to get a Credit Union loan to access a new drug that may prolong her life.

PEOPLE are urged to discuss their wishes with relatives around organ donation as new funds to promote the life-saving decision were announced.

BY 1964, Muckamore Abbey hospital had become such a success story that the Co Antrim facility had its own cinema and radio station.

A confidential report revealing harrowing details of abuse in a Northern Ireland hospital for adults with severe learning disabilities has concluded that lives were "compromised".

A CULTURE in a Northern Ireland hospital that was "shaped by the use of power" gave way to mentally ill adults being physically abused by staff, a confidential report has revealed.

HEARTBREAKING testimonies of families with loved ones at Muckamore Abbey Hospital reveal the guilt, anger and disbelief they feel following the revelations of abuse - with one parent comparing her son's cries to a "terrible grief he's reliving".

July 26 2018 - A whistleblower contacts The Irish News about the scale of an abuse investigation at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

"HELLO!" A friendly voice calls out a greeting from a doorway along the corridor in a building of social housing flats in the Markets area of Belfast city centre.

THREE ambulance staff were treated in hospital for injuries after being attacked by patient believed to have been under the influence of drugs.

THE scale of abuse allegations at Northern Ireland's main hospital for learning disabled adults has led to the National Crime Agency being appointed by the PSNI to assist the investigation. 

A FATHER of a patient at Muckamore Abbey hospital who was allegedly punched in the stomach by a healthcare worker last night welcomed the inclusion of the NCA in the police investigation.

WEST Belfast is to become the latest area to benefit from the recruitment of extra health professionals to work alongside GPs in surgeries.