The mother of a young boy with cystic fibrosis has said she is devastated by the refusal of Northern Ireland health bosses to commission a breakthrough new drug.
Secretary of State Julian Smith has told a DUP MP he is willing to meet with the parent of a patient at Muckamore Abbey Hospital to discuss the need for a public inquiry into abuse allegations.
The parents of a sick boy who has never tasted food have accused the British Government of prioritising seriously ill children in England over those in Northern Ireland.
A pro-life campaigner has claimed that planned decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland will leave unborn children with “no protections at all” and will see the Province become a “lawless jurisdiction”.
Pressure is mounting on the Belfast health trust to release its plans to protect patients in the event of a no-deal Brexit, after it refused to do so to prevent causing “alarm”.
The daughter of a pipe band enthusiast from Londonderry who passed away while waiting for a heart transplant has called for an opt-out donation system to prevent further devastation for local families.
The Department of Health knew 25 years ago that the Downe Hospital would never be viable as a major hospital - yet several years later a £69 million new hospital was built.
The father of a patient at Muckamore Abbey has described his “never-ending nightmare” after police revealed they had identified 1,500 crimes at the hospital.
A sportsman who almost died after attempting to swim across the North Channel has paid tribute to the team of doctors and nurses at the Ulster Hospital who saved his life.
Police probing allegations of physical and mental abuse of patients at Muckamore Abbey have identified over 1,500 crimes in one ward of the scandal-hit hospital.
