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Health and Care Services report
Mental health strategy implementation ‘deeply disappointing’
Despite a 10-year blueprint for mental health service improvement, “derisory” funding means that it will be impossible for this strategy…
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Time to change the narrative
The reduction of waiting lists and delivery of excellent care is a shared goal, it is time for a plan…
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Vision for future of nursing and midwifery
The Department of Health’s Shaping the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in Northern Ireland: A Strategic Vision for 2023–2028, which…
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Towards a new Public Health Act
A public consultation on a prospective replacement public health bill has now closed amid much recrimination from within the Executive…
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Health and Care Services report
A truly inclusive healthcare environment
Following scenes of racist violence in August 2024 in parts of Northern Ireland, which left some healthcare staff feeling anxious,…
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Consecutive cut for investment in general practice services
Investment in Northern Ireland’s general practice services remains the lowest in the United Kingdom. A new report published by the…
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A draft Programme for Government
As the Northern Ireland Executive looks set to publish a Programme for Government (PfG) for the first time in 13…
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Fuelling the future
One year on from the launch of a series of gas industry 2030 commitments, Kailash Chada, Group CEO of Phoenix…
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Strategy for transformation of education imminent
In October 2024, Minister of Education Paul Givan MLA and the Department of Education responded to the findings and 25…
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The role of the independent referral Bar in a just and stable society
Chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland Donal Lunny KC began his two-year tenure in September 2024. The challenge faced…
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