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Health and care services
Health budget: Department projects £732 million shortfall
With the Budget allocating a total of £7.3 billion in funding for health spending, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,…
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A community of lifesavers
Businesses across Northern Ireland have been helping to create a Community of Lifesavers by teaming up with the British Heart…
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State of the health estate
No significant inroads have been made on an estimated £1.3 billion backlog of maintenance liability in Northern Ireland’s health estate,…
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Challenges in children’s social care services
Addressing the “workforce crisis” in children’s social care services is critical to addressing growing waiting lists of those eligible for…
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Where to now for healthcare?
What is the first thing a health minister will need to consider when addressing the vast range of challenges faced…
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Benchmarking Northern Ireland’s healthcare performance
The benchmarking of Northern Ireland’s healthcare system reveals a system that is grappling with an existential crisis, is not fit…
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General surgery limited progress
Although the Department of Health claims that “significant progress” has been made in the implementation of the actions in the…
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Making connections
As Northern Ireland moves towards an integrated care system, there is a key role for social prescribing into future systems…
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Underinvestment underpinning ‘alarming’ waiting list growth
The availability of just 15 per cent of required funding to implement the Department of Health’s five-year plan to substantially…
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Addressing mental ill health: The rise of antidepressants
SDLP MLA and Vice-Chair of the All-Party Group on Mental Health, Mark Durkan talks to David Whelan about the findings…
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