Issue 116
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Health and care services
Digitalisation and the healthcare transformation jigsaw
Following the milestone launch of an integrated care record system in one of Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care (HSC)…
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PCC: The public’s voice in health and social care
The vision of the Patient Client Council (PCC) is for a health and social care service actively shaped by the…
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Winter Preparedness Plan branded ‘disappointing’
The Department of Health’s Winter Preparedness Plan 2023/2024 has been branded as “disappointing” by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine,…
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Health budget: Department projects £732 million shortfall
With the Budget allocating a total of £7.3 billion in funding for health spending, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,…
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A community of lifesavers
Businesses across Northern Ireland have been helping to create a Community of Lifesavers by teaming up with the British Heart…
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State of the health estate
No significant inroads have been made on an estimated £1.3 billion backlog of maintenance liability in Northern Ireland’s health estate,…
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Challenges in children’s social care services
Addressing the “workforce crisis” in children’s social care services is critical to addressing growing waiting lists of those eligible for…
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Where to now for healthcare?
What is the first thing a health minister will need to consider when addressing the vast range of challenges faced…
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Benchmarking Northern Ireland’s healthcare performance
The benchmarking of Northern Ireland’s healthcare system reveals a system that is grappling with an existential crisis, is not fit…
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General surgery limited progress
Although the Department of Health claims that “significant progress” has been made in the implementation of the actions in the…
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