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Stormont must ‘accept the consequences’ of underfunding health, official warns
Brigitte Worth, the Department of Health’s director of finance, addressed budget pressures on Thursday.
Health Minister: £8.4 billion and half of Northern Ireland’s government budget is not enough
Mike Nesbitt has warned the Executive it faces a ‘moral’ choice to properly invest in services
Value of Stormont’s wood pellet supply contract increased more than three-fold to £7.25m
Fermanagh firm Balcas awarded new six year contract to supply wood pellets to government buildings
Subscriber exclusive: Alex Kane answers your questions on a united Ireland, his political hero and whether our politicians can improve things
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Five years on from New Decade New Approach agreement - ‘more urgency needed to make stroke a priority’
The Stroke Association says targets have been ‘missed’
Executive says healthcare ‘absolute priority’ as hospitals battle flu spike
The Executive has urged the public to get vaccinated and thanked health workers under exceptional pressure.
Warning of Stormont financial ‘cliff-edge’ when stabilisation funding runs out
Sir Robert Chote, chairman of the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council, gave evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Hard for NI Water to match investment in private water companies, MPs told
Sir Robert Chote, chairman of the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council, was speaking at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Deirdre Heenan: More money won’t fix our broken health system - no matter how often our politicians tell us otherwise
No new ideas and a shrug of the shoulders from the minister and MLAs seems to be the best patients in crammed EDs can hope for this winter
John Manley: Five years ago Stormont parties agreed to change culture and tackle our problems, but New Decade New Approach amounted to nothing
The new approach promised in the deal signed five years ago to restore the institutions failed to materialise