Health
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Ending mixed-gender wards
Pressure is mounting for an end to mixed-gender wards in hospitals. Inconsistent policy is resulting in some patients receiving less…
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Adult social care review implementation
Implementation of the Compton report should mean more personalised services for adults with physical and learning disabilities. Stephen Dineen reports.…
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Northern Ireland’s health technology exports
Peter Cheney sums up how new technology from Northern Ireland can help to develop the region’s manufacturing base and rekindle…
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Reviewing health
Radical changes to health and social care are expected from the Compton review. Peter Cheney reports. The way ahead for…
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McKinsey report
A radical reform programme is needed to avoid damaging cuts, the hard- hitting McKinsey report states. agendaNi reviews its proposals.…
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Edwin Poots interview: time for change
Health Minister Edwin Poots shares his vision for the service with Owen McQuade: more primary care, listening to front-line staff…
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Addiction’s cost
A bill of £700 million could have been racked up in treating the growing number of people in the province…
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Protect the front-line: Jim Wells
Jim Wells, who chairs the Assembly’s Health, Social Services and Public Safety Committee, sets out its priorities and concerns as…
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Care beyond buildings
The Health Service must end “almost an obsession” with buildings as most care can take place outside hospitals, the RCN’s…
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Policy check-up
Health affects everyone in society and has been a major political topic since devolution returned. agendaNi summarises the main parties’…
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