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McGrath: Patients on waiting lists deserve better than silence
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath calls for patients on waiting lists to receive regular updates, after a Public Service Ombudsman report found systematic maladministration in how waiting lists are handled. He says the Ombudsman's recommendations should be carried out together with long-term…
Health Issue: Public Services Ombudsman report on health waiting list maladministration Original release: McGrath: Patients on waiting lists deserve better than silence (opens in a new tab)
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Government must ensure addition of West and Northwest to TEN-T Core Network – MacManus
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus calls on the Government to ensure the Atlantic Corridor is added to the TEN-T Core Network, after an European Parliament vote on a report on large EU transport infrastructure projects. He says the Irish Government has refused to endorse adding the Western Rail Corridor…
Infrastructure and transport International affairs Issue: European Parliament vote on TEN-T large transport infrastructure report Original release: Government must ensure addition of West and Northwest to TEN-T Core Network – MacManus (opens in a new tab)
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Dillon welcomes set up of five new cancer support centres
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon welcomes the planned opening of five new regional cancer support centres by Cancer Focus NI and a rise to almost 400 patients receiving specialist radiotherapy by year end. She says the Cancer Strategy cannot progress without a functioning Executive, blaming the DUP for…
Health Issue: Cancer Focus NI five new regional support centres and radiotherapy expansion Original release: Dillon welcomes set up of five new cancer support centres (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw welcomes new Cancer Focus support centres
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA welcomes Cancer Focus's plan to open five regional cancer support centres over five years, aligned with the Northern Ireland Cancer Strategy. She says a Health Minister is needed to take the strategy forward swiftly.
Health Issue: Cancer Focus NI five new regional support centres and radiotherapy expansion Original release: Bradshaw welcomes new Cancer Focus support centres (opens in a new tab)
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European Parliament Regional Development Committee Chair visits Donegal County Council to discuss Riverine Project delays
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus, with European Parliament Regional Development Committee Chair Younous Omarjee, says they will press the European Commission for flexibility on the 31 December 2023 deadline for the Riverine footbridge project between Lifford and Strabane. The project, awarded almost…
Infrastructure and transport Local government Issue: Riverine Project delays and PEACE funding deadline Original release: European Parliament Regional Development Committee Chair visits Donegal County Council to discuss Riverine Project delays (opens in a new tab)
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Continued absence of Assembly and local ministers could see further damage done to our natural environment, warns Blair
Alliance MLA John Blair welcomes the Office for Environmental Protection's commitment to holding public bodies to account after a meeting with it, and warns that the continued absence of a minister and devolved Assembly could endanger environmental progress. He blames the DUP for stepping away…
Environment and climate Original release: Continued absence of Assembly and local ministers could see further damage done to our natural environment, warns Blair (opens in a new tab)
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Department must step in to stabilise services at Daisy Hill – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy says the Department of Health must urgently step in to stabilise services at Daisy Hill Hospital in the short term and set out a clear plan for its future. He says he raised this with the Permanent Secretary after meeting the Daisy Hill Future group, blaming Southern…
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital bed reduction from 107 to 40 Original release: Department must step in to stabilise services at Daisy Hill – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
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Backlog of cervical cancer testing must be dealt with as quickly as possible – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says she has written to the Department of Health seeking an update on the cervical cancer testing backlog and internal cervical smear reviews in each trust. She urges the department and trusts to clear the backlog quickly and asks how women are being told about the…
Health Issue: Cervical cancer testing backlog and cervical smear reviews Original release: Backlog of cervical cancer testing must be dealt with as quickly as possible – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Uncertain financial future for housing programme counterproductive and dangerous, says Armstrong
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong says the uncertain financial future of the Housing Executive's Supporting People programme is counterproductive and dangerous, blaming the lack of a strategic Budget during the political impasse. She calls for a reformed Executive to be restored immediately to secure…
Housing Public finance and taxation Issue: Supporting People programme funding uncertainty during Stormont political impasse Original release: Uncertain financial future for housing programme counterproductive and dangerous, says Armstrong (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw welcomes move by Irish Government to fund student places
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA welcomes the Irish Government's one-year funding for student nursing and midwifery places at Northern Ireland universities, following a cut of 300 places. She criticises the DUP's refusal to take up government roles and calls for institutional reform…
Health Education Issue: Irish Government funding for 250 nursing student places Original release: Bradshaw welcomes move by Irish Government to fund student places (opens in a new tab)
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Irish Government intentions to fund nursing places welcome – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon welcomes reports that the Irish Government plans to provide €10 million to create 250 nursing and midwifery student places in Northern Ireland, calling it a highly positive step amid Tory cuts that removed many posts.
Health Education Issue: Irish Government funding for 250 nursing student places Original release: Irish Government intentions to fund nursing places welcome – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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DUP MLAs call for services to be maintained at Daisy Hill Hospital
The DUP says its MLAs have written to the Southern Health Trust chair, Eileen Mullan, urging that services at Daisy Hill Hospital be kept in place and safeguarded.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital bed reduction from 107 to 40 Original release: DUP MLAs call for services to be maintained at Daisy Hill Hospital (opens in a new tab)
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Canadian Fires: Climate Change Reaps A Deadly Toll
People Before Profit says massive Canadian forest fires, with around 400 ablaze, are sending toxic smoke over New York and warns that warming temperatures are making forests more fire-prone. It calls for urgent action to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees and argues governments are…
Environment and climate International affairs Issue: Canadian wildfires smoke reaching New York in June 2023 Original release: Canadian Fires: Climate Change Reaps A Deadly Toll (opens in a new tab)
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Campbell – “Northern Trust needs a long-term plan”
DUP East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell says health reform must follow a structured, long-term plan after the Northern Trust moved all births in its catchment from Causeway hospital to Antrim. He says staffing failures point to planning problems and calls for the Trust and Department to set out…
Health Issue: Northern Trust consolidating births at Antrim hospital from Causeway Original release: Campbell – “Northern Trust needs a long-term plan” (opens in a new tab)
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Honeyford pleased after Translink confirm it will review links with new health centre
Alliance MLA David Honeyford says he is pleased Translink has committed to review bus routes across Lisburn and look at connections past Lagan Valley Hospital to serve the new health centre, which lost its nearby bus stop after relocation.
Infrastructure and transport Health Issue: Translink review of bus links to Lagan Valley Hospital health centre Original release: Honeyford pleased after Translink confirm it will review links with new health centre (opens in a new tab)
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Safeguarding laws must be updated – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls a nursing home neglect case involving Bradley Manor 'shameful' after the NIPSO raised concerns about the adult safeguarding system, and says current safeguarding law is inadequate and must be modernised now, with the Assembly restored to do so.
Health Issue: NIPSO concerns about adult safeguarding system following Bradley Manor care home case Original release: Safeguarding laws must be updated – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood: Executive restoration is an urgent priority
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP urges the DUP to put forward a deputy First Minister and restart the devolved Executive, saying the restoration must be an urgent priority as health, education and other services face unprecedented pressure this summer.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: DUP deputy First Minister nomination Original release: Eastwood: Executive restoration is an urgent priority (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to help support carers – Kimmins
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins says an Executive is needed to support carers, who she says are working long hours unpaid with a deeply concerning impact on their health and wellbeing. She calls for investment in health services, more staff, care packages and action on waiting lists.
Health Original release: Executive needed to help support carers – Kimmins (opens in a new tab)
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Ratcliffe blasts decision to slash number of beds at Daisy Hill
TUV councillor Keith Ratcliffe condemns the Southern Trust's decision to cut Daisy Hill beds from 107 to 40, calling it reprehensible and rejecting the "interim measure" description. He says it adds strain to other hospitals and demands honesty from the Trust about Daisy Hill's long-term future.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital bed reduction from 107 to 40 Original release: Ratcliffe blasts decision to slash number of beds at Daisy Hill (opens in a new tab)
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"Bed Cuts at Daisy Hill Spells Disaster for Patients and the Future of our Hospital"
Aontú's Sharon Loughran, Newry representative and Paediatric A&E nurse, expresses deep concern after the Southern Trust announced bed numbers at Daisy Hill Hospital will fall from 107 to 40, and calls for staff pay and conditions to be improved and for people to write to local MLAs and MPs.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital bed reduction from 107 to 40 Original release: "Bed Cuts at Daisy Hill Spells Disaster for Patients and the Future of our Hospital" (opens in a new tab)