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Impact on health services can still be prevented – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls on the DUP to end its Assembly boycott and allow a pay rise for health and social care workers, ahead of Thursday's strike action. She urges a Speaker be elected at Wednesday's Assembly recall and an Executive formed.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health and social care strike action over pay in January 2024 Original release: Impact on health services can still be prevented – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Health Trusts left in impossible position by political inaction on pay and transformation, says Alliance Health representatives ahead of strike action.
Alliance Health spokespeople say Health and Social Care Trusts are left in an almost impossible position by political inaction on restoring the Assembly and healthcare reform, ahead of Thursday's strike. East Antrim MLA Danny Donnelly, a nurse, calls for an Assembly to deliver fair pay and safe…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health and social care strike action over pay in January 2024 Original release: Health Trusts left in impossible position by political inaction on pay and transformation, says Alliance Health representatives ahead of strike action. (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Brian Smyth welcomes new QUB report on Overdose Prevention Sites
Green Party Councillor Brian Smyth for Lisnasharragh welcomes a new QUB report by Dr Gillian Shorter on Overdose Prevention Sites, which he says shows such facilities save lives and reduce pressure on health services. He calls for one in Belfast city centre and says current drug policy is failing.
Health Local government Issue: Queen's University Belfast report on Overdose Prevention Sites Original release: Cllr Brian Smyth welcomes new QUB report on Overdose Prevention Sites (opens in a new tab)
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EA must act to mitigate against disruption for SEN pupils as strikes hit
Alliance Education Spokesperson Nick Mathison MLA calls on the Education Authority to engage urgently with Unite and agree a special derogation so Special Schools keep services running during eight days of planned industrial action by EA staff. He also says the DUP's collapse of the Executive is…
Education Economy and employment Issue: Unite eight days of industrial action at Education Authority Original release: EA must act to mitigate against disruption for SEN pupils as strikes hit (opens in a new tab)
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Executive must be restored now to tackle ‘intolerable’ cancer waiting times – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls cancer waiting times in the north intolerable and urges the DUP to return to Stormont so an Executive can tackle waiting lists and the cancer strategy. She cites latest waiting time figures, saying less survivable cancers are being diagnosed too late.
Health Issue: Latest cancer waiting time figures for Northern Ireland released January 2024 Original release: Executive must be restored now to tackle ‘intolerable’ cancer waiting times – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Publication of latest cancer waiting times must focus minds on the critical need for immediate intervention - Chambers
UUP Health Spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA says the latest cancer waiting‑times report reveals a deepening crisis, with only 8.6% of suspected breast‑cancer referrals in the South Eastern Trust seen within 14 days, and calls for immediate intervention and implementation of the 10‑year cancer strategy
Health Issue: Latest cancer waiting time figures for Northern Ireland released January 2024 Original release: Publication of latest cancer waiting times must focus minds on the critical need for immediate intervention - Chambers (opens in a new tab)
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Waiting times failures going back decades reinforce need for fundamental health reform, says Bradshaw
Alliance health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA says failures to meet Health Service waiting time targets for over a decade, including A&E targets never met, reinforce the need for fundamental health reform. She cites newly published figures on cancer treatment and planned care.
Health Issue: Latest cancer waiting time figures for Northern Ireland released January 2024 Original release: Waiting times failures going back decades reinforce need for fundamental health reform, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Paisley pays tribute as R&A Chief Executive to step down
North Antrim MP Ian Paisley pays tribute to Martin Slumbers as he steps down as R&A Chief Executive, praising his legacy of modernising the sport, expanding youth and women’s participation and raising Northern Ireland’s profile on the Open Championship circuit.
Other Issue: Martin Slumbers resignation as R&A Chief Executive Original release: Paisley pays tribute as R&A Chief Executive to step down (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to support GP practices – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls for an Executive to be restored now to support GP practices, after a Larne-area practice announced it will hand back its contract affecting over 8,000 patients. She urges the DUP to end its blockade.
Health Issue: Larne GP practice handing back contract Original release: Executive needed to support GP practices – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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O’Neill tells nurses there should be no delay in forming Executive and delivering fair pay rises
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate, says there should be no further delay in restoring the Executive and securing pay settlements for nurses and other public workers after meeting the Royal College of Nursing. She calls on the DUP to end its blockade and urges the Secretary of…
Health Economy and employment Original release: O’Neill tells nurses there should be no delay in forming Executive and delivering fair pay rises (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Áine Groogan will attempt to overturn SF & DUP carve-up
Green Party Councillor Áine Groogan criticises Sinn Féin and DUP for seeking to overturn a £800,000 Neighbourhood Regeneration Funding award to Sólás, a South Belfast charity for children with special needs. She says she will propose rejecting the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee's…
Local government Disability and equality Issue: Sólás funding cut at south Belfast area working group Original release: Cllr Áine Groogan will attempt to overturn SF & DUP carve-up (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter: Junior doctors' concerns cannot be ignored
SDLP Young People's Spokesperson and East Derry MLA Cara Hunter warns that junior doctors' concerns must not be ignored, citing reports that three-quarters are considering leaving for better pay and conditions. She urges the UK Government's Northern Ireland minister to open talks with the…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Reports that three-quarters of junior doctors are considering leaving the North Original release: Hunter: Junior doctors' concerns cannot be ignored (opens in a new tab)
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Lyons: Sólás funding cut must be reversed
SDLP councillor Dónal Lyons calls for a reversal of a 97% funding cut, over £750,000, to Sólás, a south Belfast group supporting children and young people with disabilities, after DUP and Sinn Féin councillors backed it.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Sólás funding cut at south Belfast area working group Original release: Lyons: Sólás funding cut must be reversed (opens in a new tab)
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2024 is the year of momentous political change – Senator Paul Gavan
Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan urges supporters, trade unionists and community activists to make 2024 a year of political change, calling for a change of government over housing and health and urging a vote in the June local and European elections. He also calls on the Irish Government to back South…
Other Housing Original release: 2024 is the year of momentous political change – Senator Paul Gavan (opens in a new tab)
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O’Neill backs nurses’ demand for fair pay now for public service workers
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate, writes to the Royal College of Nursing backing fair pay rises and safe conditions for health staff. She calls on the British Secretary of State to implement pay rises for public service workers while no Executive functions, and urges the DUP…
Health Economy and employment Original release: O’Neill backs nurses’ demand for fair pay now for public service workers (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Lauren Kendall welcomes launch of Night Safe Charter
Green Party councillor Lauren Kendall welcomes the launch of a night safety charter for venues, backed by Hospitality Ulster and White Ribbon NI, calling it a step toward protecting women and girls. She calls for a working government to fund the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Hospitality Ulster and White Ribbon NI Night Safe Charter launch Original release: Cllr Lauren Kendall welcomes launch of Night Safe Charter (opens in a new tab)
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Commitment to nurses pay parity must be honoured - Chambers
UUP health spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA says the agreed pay parity commitment for health workers should be honoured, and calls on the Secretary of State to legislate if Stormont is not imminently restored, blaming the DUP for the deadlock as the RCN threatens renewed strike action over the…
Health Economy and employment Issue: RCN letter on nursing pay award and strike threat Original release: Commitment to nurses pay parity must be honoured - Chambers (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed now to help support health service – Dillon
SF MLA Linda Dillon says emergency department waiting times across the north are unacceptable, citing 866 people waiting for treatment and 385 waiting over 12 hours, and urges parties to restore the Executive now to fund health services.
Health Issue: Emergency department waiting times figures January 2024 Original release: Executive needed now to help support health service – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong sends congratulations to James Martin
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong congratulates actor James Martin on his MBE in the New Year's Honours List, on behalf of the All Party Group on Learning Disability, which she chairs. She highlights his Oscar-winning film An Irish Goodbye and his work with Mencap.
Disability and equality Issue: New Year Honours list 2023 Northern Ireland recipients Original release: Armstrong sends congratulations to James Martin (opens in a new tab)
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Beattie congratulates local New Years Honours recipients
UUP Leader Doug Beattie MLA congratulates people from across Northern Ireland named in the New Year Honours list, citing their community and voluntary work. He singles out actor James Martin's MBE and local recipients Canon William Matthew Adair and Joseph Garvey from his constituency.
Other Issue: New Year Honours list 2023 Northern Ireland recipients Original release: Beattie congratulates local New Years Honours recipients (opens in a new tab)