Alan Stout

Dr Stout takes commences his role as chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland council from July 11

Dr Alan Stout elected as new chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland council

General view of a GP at work (Dr Judah Eastwell, Altrincham, England, 2020: Getty)

Change to GP contracts in Northern Ireland 'the biggest for decades'

Dr Tom Black

Private GP facility being operated voluntarily to 'keep the NHS practise going'

“Let me be absolutely clear, the crisis is not the fault of the hard working, committed GPs and it is not the fault of our LMC or other GP representatives,” Dr Stout said.

Health: General practice ‘in the most difficult position it has ever been in’

A doctor examines a patient; The decision by the Stormont Department of Health to cut GP funding by almost 7% in real terms is "astonishing", the BMA has said.

Departmental cut of 7% in GP funding ‘astonishing’ says BMA

Dr Alan Stout will address a BMA meeting in Liverpool on Tuesday

Top doctor Alan Stout: We need Stormont back as soon as possible

Dr Alan Stout is chair of the BMA NI GP committee

NI has 317 GP practices to look after more than two million registered patients

Urgent action needs to be taken to save GP services in Northern Ireland, the British Medical Association has said.

Urgent action needed to save GP services in Northern Ireland, BMA warns

Kilkeel Medical Practise is handing back its GP contract to the Department of Health
Photo: Google

Call to rescue GP surgery with 9000 patients

DUP Peer Nigel Dodds has highlighted the looming ‘cliff-edge’ if there is not a resolution on medicine supply to Northern Ireland which is threatened because of the requirement for Northern Ireland to follow EU rules as a result of the Protocol

Medicines ‘cliff-edge’ looming due to Protocol warns Lord Dodds

Springhill Surgery in Bangor. Google StreetView

Trust to take over two surgeries, says Stormont health department

Leading Northern Ireland GPs warn politicians of 'severe' crisis

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 15th December 2022Nurses and NHS staff pictured at the Ulster Hospital, in Dundonald, where they are taking part in the UK wide strike action. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

NI nurses set to return to picket lines today

Over half of all GP contacts are Strep A related, a leading doctor has said.

New covid-style centre to deal with Strep A cases set up in Northern Ireland

Dr Alan Stout

Stark warning from GPs over 'burnt out' staff and mounting pressures

Dr Alan Stout, chair of the British Medical Association’s GP committee in Northern Ireland, is amongst those warning of the impact of staff absences

Health pressure as Northern Ireland Covid rates mean staff miss work
Health settings are coming under increasing pressure due to staff absences from the high levels of coronavirus circulating in Northern Ireland, leading doctors are warning.
Niall Deeney

Dr Alan Stout

My Healt: Dr Alan Stout

Dr Alan Stout, a GP and BMA leader in NI.

Leading GP urges ‘do NOT’ ask doctors for mask exemption letter

A Covid vaccine passport

NI vaccine pass confusion fears ahead of looming legal change on Monday

Dr Alan Stout, a GP and BMA leader in NI, said: “There is very significant evidence that the Covid vaccination is protecting our population from severe disease, hospitalisation and death"

Get your booster vaccine to help stem Covid surge, top doctor urges people in NI

Dr Alan Stout believes a lockdown may be 'inevitable' in NI this winter.

Leading GP warns ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown may be 'inevitable' for NI

A third shot of vaccine is being offered to immunosuppressed people, ahead of an expected wider booster roll-out

NI’s under-pressure GPs ready and waiting for Covid booster jab roll-out

A leading GP has said he is ‘frightened’ by the number of patients being ‘put off’ going to emergency departments

Senior GP 'frightened' by number of 'horror stories' as patients avoid A&Es

Ambulances outside the emergency department entrance of Craigavon Area Hospital. Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has warned Northern Ireland is currently experiencing is pandemic worst case scenario.

All five NI health trusts report serious pressures on Emergency Departments

Dr Alan Stout, British Medical Association NI.

Vaccinated healthcare workers must still isolate, despite staff shortages

Dr Alan Stout

Full return of face-to-face GP appointments in Northern Ireland highly unlikely

‘We can’t stay locked down forever, but caution still needed;, says top NI docto...
A leading doctor has said Northern Ireland “can’t stay locked down forever” and expressed hope that the vaccination roll-out could stave off the threat of another wave of coronavirus.
Niall Deeney

PACEMAKER BELFAST 04/01/2021
The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast. PA Photo. Picture date: Monday January 4, 2021.

Second doses for over-70s to begin in next few weeks

Dr Alan Stout said 150,000-160,000 consultations are being held per week by GPs

Top doctor says GPs are seeing an ‘astronomical’ number of patients in NI

Patricia Donnelly.

Picture: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Official reassurance that NI Covid vaccine programme ‘firmly on course’

Dr Alan Stout of the BMA said: "We are confident that the vaccine is extremely safe to use and it is one of the key facets of our fight against Covid-19"

Ignore vaccine fears and attend for your jab, say top NI doctors

The AstraZeneca vaccine, developed by scientists at Oxford University, is being used by GPs in Northern Ireland

Supply of AstraZeneca vaccines in NI to reach 500,000 doses by next month as ram...

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was able to be administered in NI as soon as it was approved

Vaccination of NI’s over-75s expected to start next week

Trade unions calling for NI schools to stay shut due to coronavirus, says Unison...

Dr Alan Stout

Stop 'tinkering' with lockdowns and do it fully, top Doctor urges

A nurse preparing a syringe

NI cannot complete its flu vaccination programme ‘at this stage’ - 200,000 doses...

Flu vaccine stocks in Northern Ireland are running low

NI only part of UK facing flu vaccine shortage

Dr Alan Stout

GP leaders: Practices in Northern Ireland still open to treat patients

Covid-19

Coronavirus NI: 29 more people test positive for virus - Health Minister Robin S...

An Emergency Department Nurse at the Antrim Area Hospital. Photo: Michael Cooper/PA Wire

New figures could be true reflection of Covid-19 impact on NI

Dr Alan Stout says. "NI firms are already working to produce PPE in bulk and we should make full use of these as well and suppliers throughout the UK, without having to rely on substantial imports"

Dr Alan Stout: Protection equipment is not just about supply, but about correct ...

News Letter editorial

Our queries seeking assurances on the risky PPE China order have not been fully ...

Women wait for emergency cash in Pakistan during lockdown. Death rates are said to be much higher without treatment, which is a huge problem for poor nations with bad healthcare

Ben Lowry: If the final death toll ends up lower than was feared it will just me...

Michelle O’Neill, right, undermined the health minister Robin Swann, left, which could imply that experts like the chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride, second left, are also wrong

Ben Lowry: If Sinn Fein is allowed to do its own thing in office, then mandatory...

A deserted St Pancras station, London yesterday. It might be that 1% of the UK already has coronavirus, 700,000 in UK and 18,000 in Northern Ireland, and perhaps many times more, but with a lower fatality rate than expected. Lockdowns cause vast economic harm so we must be ready to end them as soon as the data says it is safe. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Ben Lowry: Lockdowns are essential for now but there are glimmers of hope and we...

The effect on our older population and those with conditions is influencing our response but over 80% of people infection will result in mild symptoms

Dr Alan Stout GP: ‘Closing schools is a massive step and we only get one change ...

For some patients, even being seen for the first time will take years

Leaked NHS data reveals patients waiting five years to be seen and urgent cancer...

Lisburn racing driver Dr Paul Conn died following a crash at Kirkistown on Saturday

BMA tribute to race death GP Paul Conn

Northern Ireland has the lowest number of GPs per head of population compared to any part of the UK, the British Medical Assocation says.

NI GPs suffering similar pressure as English medics

Dr Alan Stout

NI doctors' dismay as politicians '˜walk out the door' on healthcare

Arlene Foster with professor Rafael Bengoa

Summit aimed at improving NI healthcare '˜constructive'