Health and care services

Digitising and standardising healthcare

Head of eHealth and EU Engagement at the Department of Health, Elaine Colgan, talks to agendaNi about the digitisation of…

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Rising healthcare cost of alcohol intake by older adults

Latest figures put the healthcare costs of alcohol misuse by older people in Northern Ireland at a conservative estimate of…

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A picture of health

Government departments across Northern Ireland have operated in a political vacuum since January 2017, with many significant decisions on standby…

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Muckamore: “A culture of tolerating harm”

A review of procedures at Muckamore Abbey Hospital has identified a catalogue of failures, including allegations of physical and mental…

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Radius: Working in partnership

Radius Housing is providing greater assistance in the fight against homelessness through strengthening relationships with partner charities, serving the most…

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A life-saving curriculum: CPR training

Every year in Northern Ireland, 1,400 people suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but less than one in 10 of them…

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Cross-border collaborathon

In September 2018, Health Business Services (HBS), the business division of the Health Service Executive; Business Shared Services (BSO) from…

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Bringing ‘Precision’ to clinical pharmacy

If you don’t measure, you can’t improve. And in clinical pharmacy, a wealth of data is produced on every patient…

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Addressing long-term workforce challenges

Following on from the transformation recommendations made by Professor Rafael Bengoa, the Department of Health has launched a new workforce…

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Mental health provision

Dr Gerry Lynch, Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Northern Ireland, reflects on our Mental Health services and the…

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