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‘Young provided advice to Department of Health but not the Executive pre-2020’

Chief Medical Officer Sir Michael McBride said it was a weakness that there was not a central government chief scientific adviser.

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland Brexit preparation took staff away from pandemic planning, Inquiry told

"I think there is absolutely no doubt that the absence of ministers did have a significant impact on our ability to develop new policy"

Belfast Live

Pandemic planning resources ‘diverted’ to Brexit preparations – NI medical chief

Sir Michael McBride made his comments as he was giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry.

The Independent UK

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Anti-abortion protests to be banned within NI 'Safe Access Zones'

The zones will be established in the vicinity of health care premises providing lawful abortions

Belfast Live

South Eastern Trust approves plans to replace Ards and Bangor minor injury unit

The Department of Health will have the final decision on the plans

Belfast Live

Temporary solution found for GP surgery in Co Armagh

The GP for the surgery had retired recently with the future of the GP surgery uncertain.

Belfast Live

Top civil servant Robert Watt personally stepped in to end Dept of Health's Operation Transformation sponsorship

The Department of Health had been paying around €283,000 per year to sponsor the programme through its Healthy Ireland initiative – but that arrangement was brought to an abrupt end last year.

Irish Mirror

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Department of Health to end the use of agency workers in social care by end of the month

The Department has said it is 'fully committed' to ending the use of agency social workers by June 30

Belfast Live

Rally to oppose Causeway Hospital maternity closure planned days before cut goes ahead

Maternity services at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine are to cease next month

Belfast Live

New guidance needed to stop ministers putting friends on Whitehall boards

MPs call for shakeup to stop ‘super-spads’ being made non-executive directors in government departments

The Guardian - UK

'Staffing crisis' in Northern Irish social work amid call for 'significant change'

A report by Professor Ray Jones has made a series of recommendations including the creation of a new social work body

Belfast Live

Ombudman slams Northern Ireland's hospital waiting list fiasco as 'systemic maladministration'

Northern Ireland currently has the longest hospital waiting lists in the UK.

Belfast Live

DHSC accepts restrictions caused ‘profound pain’, Covid Inquiry hears

Fiona Scolding KC, representing the Department of Health, said the Government was often faced with a choice between ‘hugely unpalatable options’.

The Independent UK

The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry is over, but the fight for lasting change isn't

Families are urging the government to make sure organisations continue to learn from the mistakes of the past

Manchester Evening News

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Belfast Live

Stormont health chiefs welcome Irish government funding 250 student nurses

"This planned one-year funding arrangement will be an important practical step in fostering future collaboration across the island of Ireland"

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Arena Inquiry: Government urged to regulate healthcare at big events to prevent 'unsafe care, abuse and deaths'

The Care Quality Commission is lobbying the Department of Health and Social Care to bring the 'unregulated' sector under its sphere, to enable it to take action against poor providers

Belfast Live

Belfast patients waiting over four years on average for first appointment

The Royal College of Surgeons has warned that cuts could see waiting lists worsen in the future

Liverpool Echo

Huge rise in alcohol deaths as Liverpool MP slams government's 'broken promises'

Walton MP Dan Carden, who has opened up about his own alcohol battle, has spearheaded the inquiry

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Tick season in Minnesota in full force, with unwelcome new visitor

Belfast Live

Positive Life CEO describes Core Grant Funding cuts as 'a kick in the teeth'

The funding is offered to assist community and voluntary organisations with training and running costs

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland mental health crisis set to get worse, Audit Office report warns

Spiralling waiting lists and staff vacancies signs of an underfunded sector

The Independent UK

Nurses to demonstrate at Stormont over ‘escalating crisis’ in NI health service

The demonstration will come as voters across Northern Ireland head to the polls for the council elections.

Belfast Live

Student nursing cuts will impact Derry 'worse than elsewhere' with Magee set to lose out

Student numbers are set to be reduced by 300 in nursing and allied health professions

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland dentists warn future of service now at risk and say cuts are the wrong cure

"If the axe falls on dentistry - indeed if there is a failure to provide needed investment - this service faces collapse."

Belfast Live

Weight loss injection warning from NI Department of Health over dangers of buying 'unregulated' jabs

People are being urged to consider the implications of buying drugs online from unverified websites or dubious sources

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