CAMPAIGNERS in England have gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge a proposed payment scheme for NHS services, which they claim could put the quality and safety of services at "serious risk".

A bad Brexit deal could risk lives by stopping ambulances crossing the border in Northern Ireland, Labour has warned.

POST-MORTEM examinations of infants in Northern Ireland are to be moved to a hospital in England due to a lack of specialist staff.

BUS-LOADS of patients from Co Kerry are booking to come north of the border for hip replacements due to the Republic's equally bad waiting lists.

PENSIONER Myles Magowan lived for his weekly coastal walks with two best friends where they "put the world to rights".

A SPIKE in the number of patients travelling across Europe for operations due to Northern Ireland's dire waiting lists has cost the health service almost £1.5m – in a 'last resort' scheme under threat from Brexit.

THE number of patients waiting for hospital operations in Northern Ireland is now greater than those facing delays in England – a country which has 30 times our population.

STORMONT'S health department has established a new taskforce to tackle threats and attacks on social workers.

MEDICINE suppliers have warned the Department of Health they may not be able to supply drugs to community pharmacies amid fears the businesses cannot afford to pay their bills, a group representing pharmacists has said.

HEALTH workers could strike in the new year over a pay row.

MARK Lynn may only have been granted eight years on this earth, but he left a legacy of love to last several lifetimes.

THE number of women giving birth in Northern Ireland over the age of 45 has almost doubled in the past decade, according to new figures.

A DUBLIN-BASED heart surgery centre for seriously ill children from Northern Ireland has been given extra funding to invest in a four-bed extension to its intensive care unit.

THE number of GP practices in Northern Ireland has fallen by almost five per cent in recent years but GP numbers have increased, new figures show.

VEGAN diets may help the management of diabetes, a review has suggested.

A further 1,044 patients seen by consultant neurologist Dr Michael Watt are being recalled.

A HEALTH charity has pledged to double the number of stroke survivors and carers its supports across the north by 2023.

NORTHERN Ireland's most senior judge has branded the stalling of recommendations from an inquiry into the hospitals deaths of five children as "appalling".

THE number of patients waiting longer than 12 hours in hospital emergency departments has almost doubled.

HOSPITAL units built by a Co Tyrone construction company are being examined to ensure they are structurally sound.