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Lucy Letby

‘Complete failure’ to protect babies from killer nurse, inquiry finds

A new training programme is to be rolled out for healthcare staff in Northern Ireland to tackle “stress-related absenteeism” and promote a “positive culture change”.

New training for healthcare managers aims to cut stress-related staff absences

Henry Brothers has delivered a newly refurbished and expanded Endoscopy Unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s (NUH) Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), following a £12.4million investment from NUH and NHS England

NI construction firm completes £12.4m QMC endoscopy unit transformation

People on Tynemouth Beach in the North East of England today (Sunday). Heatwave conditions are forecast for parts of the UK this weekend as temperatures rise, with some areas set to be hotter than Barbados. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Northern Ireland will be hot this week but England will still be far hotter

Statistics have shown more than 26% of adults in Northern Ireland are now prescribed antidepressants. Photo: Syda Productions - stock.adobe.com

Quarter of NI on antidepressants

Mike Nesbitt's officials have now confirmed the prescription of controversial drugs was stopped in Northern Ireland last month. Photo credit: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

NI stopped prescribing controversial hormones to teens last month

Trans rights activists describe medical interventions - such as hormone drugs for children and young people - as "gender affirming care". Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Uncertainty over whether NI will follow latest trans drug ban

Racist behaviour can never be acceptable especially when our international workers are keeping our health service and social care system running.

Workers Party Representative Tony Dorrian responds to reports from the Health Mi...

Tony Dorrian says there are many issues to be worried about regarding our health and social care services

Tony Dorrian Workers Party Representative is calling on the Executive Parties to...

Construction has officially begun on a £12 million state-of-the-art endoscopy unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), led by Northern Ireland-based Henry Brothers Construction

NI construction firm starts work on £12 million endoscopy unit

Undated handout photo issued by Queen's University Belfast of Professor Mark Lawler, Professor of Digital Health at Queen's University Belfast, who is the lead author on a comment article published in The Lancet Oncology, which warns that the UK cancer care system is facing a critical breaking point. Issue date: Friday April 11, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH CancerCare. Photo credit should read: Queen's University Belfast/PA Wire

Experts warn that UK cancer care system is at ‘critical breaking point’

Life-saving operations and difficult dilemmas in BBC2 programme, Saving Lives in Cardiff

Wednesday TV Choice: Saving Lives in Cardiff (BBC2, 9pm)

People taking part in the Belfast Pride Parade 2023, including supporters of trans rights group Mermaids. Photo: Oliver McVeigh/PA Wire

CMO told ministers trans drug ban essential to avoid serious health implications

Young children and babies are at risk of suffering more serious symptoms of norovirus and can become dehydrated which may require medical treatment.

Parents warned not to send babies with these five symptoms to nursery

As we age, maintaining our health becomes even more critical.

Checkups: As we age, maintaining our health becomes even more critical

Flu levels in Northern Ireland have taken a dip over the past week – while infection rates surge ahead in England.

Flu levels dip while rates in England surge
Hospital admissions for flu in Northern Ireland have taken a dip over the past week – while infection rates surge ahead in England.
Philip Bradfield

Professor Charlotte McArdle is a former chief nursing officer (CNO) for Northern Ireland. Giving evidence to the the UK Covid-19 Inquiry today, she said that hospital visitor decisions were 'a balance of risk between protecting patients, staff and the public'

Former chief nursing officer shares ‘regret’ over Covid visiting restrictions

A "progress pride flag" on display; the flag is one of several used by the transgender movement. ‘Puberty blockers’ is the general name for drugs which are often given to teenagers and pre-teens who declare themselves to be transgender

Letter: Puberty blockers are not the answer

Health minister Robin Swann claims an additional £500 million he was allocated in the budget agreed by the Stormont Executive last week falls well short of what is required to maintain health service provision at current levels. Photo: PA

Health trusts asked to save £300m for budget shortfall

Jonathan Buckley pictured at his 'Let Kids Be Kids' event in September 2023 in south Belfast

DUP MLA says 'gender ideology has no place in hospitals or society generally'

Health minister Robin Swann has confirmed that Northern Ireland will follow an NHS England ban on the prescription of puberty blockers to children.

Swann bans puberty blockers

Health Minister Robin Swann accepted he should have given a more detailed answer to the question from Diane Dodds

Robin Swann apologises for curt one-word answer to MLAs

Diane Dodds has welcomed an NHS ban on the prescription of puberty blockers to children confused about their gender.

DUP back ‘puberty blocker’ ban – SF silent

Diane Dodds has welcomed an NHS ban on the prescription of puberty blockers to children confused about their gender.

DUP's Dodds welcomes child puberty blocker ban

Harriet Moxon with her five-year-old daughter Eve. Photo by Charlotte Ridgeon (Harriet's twin sister).

Mum says she's lucky to be alive after being hit by a car on holiday

A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid and flu jabs to be brought forward over emergence of new variant

Actress Helen Worth, from London, is made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle.
The honour recognises services to drama. Picture date: Tuesday January 24, 2023.

Collecting MBE ‘very special’, Coronation Street star Helen Worth says
Coronation Street actress Helen Worth has spoken of her pride after being made an MBE by the “gorgeous” Prince of Wales.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson

PM: Christmas safe but future still uncertain

The Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna booster jab increases antibodies against Omicron 37-fold

Sajid Javid has called on the public to get their booster dose before Christmas (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Top-up’ immunity and get booster jab before Christmas parties, Brits urged

E-cigarettes could be given to smokers for free on the NHS as part of new plans to help people quit (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images))

Smokers could be given e-cigarettes for free on the NHS

Vaccination centre

NI lags well behind rest of  UK on booster jabs roll-out

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

Nurse Heather Esmer draws a syringe before administering a Covid-19 vaccine

Ten further Covid deaths related have been reported in NI

Four deaths were recorded on Saturday and a further three on Sunday

Seven more Covid deaths in NI over weekend

Festival-goers will be able to get a vaccine as easily as a burger or a beer (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid jabs on line-up as ‘vaccine tent’ opens at Reading and Leeds festivals

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world first’ (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Hepatitis C cure will now be available to under-12s on NHS in ‘world-first’

Charlotte McArdle

Northern Ireland’s top nurse quits Province for fresh job in England

The Covid alert level in the UK has been downgraded to 'level 3' (Photo: Getty Images)

What Covid alert ‘level 3’ means as UK is downgraded ahead of next lockdown phas...

Tens of thousands of domestic abuse victims at high risk identified by NHS bodie...

Moderna vaccine to be available in the UK from April - what you need to know abo...

More than 20 million people in the UK have now received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

This is how the UK's Covid vaccine rollout is going - the data so far by nation ...

Test and Trace hospitality check-in data was ‘barely’ used - and thousands weren’t warned of Covid infection risk (Photo: Shutterstock)

Test and Trace hospitality check-in data was ‘barely’ used - and thousands weren...

The proposed pay rise has been described as "pitiful" (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Proposed 1% pay rise for NHS England branded ‘pitiful’ by nurses union and Labou...

The alert level has been lowered based on new data (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK's Covid alert level has been lowered from 5 to 4 - here's what that means

Hospital staff

COVID-19 death toll rises to 2,036 as 386 battle virus in our hospitals

Vaccination

Vaccine roll-out hits new milestone with 30% given first dose

Icreasing the rollout to 600,000 jabs per day could allow restrictions to lift sooner (Photo: Getty Images)

Daily Covid vaccination rate must double to lift lockdown by May - is it feasibl...

All England care home residents and staff will get Covid jab within next 10 days...

Asda to offer first in-store supermarket Covid vaccinations - here’s how it will...

‘Worst is yet to come’ for Covid-19 infections - what you need to know

The first Oxford vaccine dose has been given in the UK - here’s the plan for the...

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History-making NI grandmother receives second Pfizer vaccine dose

These are the signs of eating disorders in children - as parents are warned that...

More people are hospitalised with Covid in England than ever before

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