Issue 116
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Health and care services
Making connections
As Northern Ireland moves towards an integrated care system, there is a key role for social prescribing into future systems…
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Underinvestment underpinning ‘alarming’ waiting list growth
The availability of just 15 per cent of required funding to implement the Department of Health’s five-year plan to substantially…
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Addressing mental ill health: The rise of antidepressants
SDLP MLA and Vice-Chair of the All-Party Group on Mental Health, Mark Durkan talks to David Whelan about the findings…
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Back to the future: The opportunities of a net zero Northern Ireland
Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Jayne Brady says that alongside the economic opportunity, the societal and environmental necessity…
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Jon Boutcher named as new PSNI Chief Constable
Following a series of crises for policing in Northern Ireland, Jon Boutcher now finds himself with the unenviable task of…
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Delivering a decarbonised gas network
Following the first direct to grid injection of biomethane into a gas network anywhere on the island of Ireland, Director…
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Super-parity targeted in public finance squeeze
The introduction of prescription charges, water charges, and increasing university tuition fees are all measures being considered in an ostensible…
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Empowering local government in Northern Ireland
Alison Allen, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA), outlines the difficult line local government often has…
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‘Reform and repurposing’ at Invest NI
In response to the Independent Review Panel’s finding that “profound and fundamental change” was needed in order to align Invest…
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Committed to transition
Jonathan Martindale, Director of Business Development, Phoenix Energy discusses the publication of the gas industry’s five commitments to decarbonisation. “Isn’t…
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