Health and Social Care Board
High street pharmacists reject £5m offer in escalating row over blister pack patient support
HIGH street pharmacists have rejected an offer of £5 million from the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and vowed stand by their decision not to provide any further `goodwill' service of medicine tray filling in an escalating row over funding.
Derry GP Dr Anne McCloskey suspended after anti-vaccination comments
Health chiefs are carrying out an "urgent investigation" into anti-vaccination comments posted by a high-profile Derry GP on social media.
Urgent probe ordered into 'anti-vaxx' comments by out-of-hours Derry GP
HEALTH chiefs are carrying out an "urgent investigation" into anti-vaccination comments posted by a high-profile Derry GP on social media.
Warning of further surgery cancellations as Covid ICU pressures mount
Doctors and nurses have expressed concern at the numbers of unvaccinated young people and pregnant women being admitted.
Deal to take over a troubled Co Armagh GP practice in sight in what will be a first for sector
NEGOTIATIONS are at an advanced stage for the takeover of a troubled Co Armagh GP surgery run by a health trust due to chronic staff shortages.
Senior health official warns carers' lack of PPE 'like sending firefighters into blaze without equipment'
A SENIOR Northern Ireland health official, whose mother died after a Covid-19 outbreak in her US nursing home, has warned leaving care workers without personal protective equipment (PPE) is like 'sending soldiers to battlefield without a weapon and ammunition'.
GP 'Covid' assessment centres to open amid fears of protective mask and clothing supplies for frontline staff
NEW GP 'Covid centres' are to open "within days" in Northern Ireland amid fears about major shortages of protective clothing and masks for medics assessing patients in the community.
Hyponatraemia whistleblower was failed, inquiry finds
THE wrong conclusions were reached following an investigation into how a whistleblower's hyponatraemia concerns were handled by officials, an inquiry has said.
Jacqueline Magee: 'Her drive to make life better for others was unquestionable'
JACQUELINE Magee was known by everyone in the health and social care family as a campaigner for service users.
Lengthy waiting time figures are 'deeply distressing'
THE number of people waiting for inpatient treatment for more than a year has shot up by almost 50 per cent in just 12 months, new figures show.