Health and care services

Helping separated parents reach agreement

Northern Ireland parents who experienced relationship breakdown prior to lockdown have seen less of their children, in some cases going…

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Domiciliary review: Rapid Learning Review

In November 2020, Health Minister Robin Swann announced the conclusion of the Rapid Learning Review of Domiciliary Care in Northern…

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Nursing and midwifery workforce gaps

Deficiencies in workforce planning for nurses and midwives in Northern Ireland, with vacancies common and growth not meeting demand, expose…

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Critical care capacity

The number of critical care beds available in Northern Ireland on any one day has changed little in the last…

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Addiction: An ‘increasingly unsustainable burden’

Substance misuse is a contributing factor in the use of an average of 200 hospital beds per day in Northern…

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Health inequalities 2020

While medical advancements have been credited as one of the core reasons people in Northern Ireland are living longer, latest…

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Comparing Covid-19 on the island of Ireland: Impossible, undesirable or doable?

There are two significant obstacles to a comprehensive understanding of the impact of Covid-19 on mortality in Ireland. One is…

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A healthy perspective

Colm Gildernew MLA, Chair of the Assembly’s Committee for Health, talks to David Whelan about the committee’s role in healthcare…

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Review ordered into RQIA resignations

An independent review has been ordered after the entire board of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) resigned following…

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Covid Co-operation

At the outbreak of the pandemic both health departments in Ireland agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to underpin co-operation…

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