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Problems being caused to medicines supply by Protocol “indefensible” – Beattie
UUP Leader Doug Beattie MC MLA says a Nuffield Trust report confirms Protocol effects on medicine availability in Northern Ireland, calls for medicines to be removed from the Protocol's scope, and urges the UK Government to track divergence and defend equal access.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Nuffield Trust report on medicine availability under the NI Protocol Original release: Problems being caused to medicines supply by Protocol “indefensible” – Beattie (opens in a new tab)
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Health crisis will continue to deepen without political leadership – Chambers
UUP health spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA warns that the health service crisis will worsen while the Executive remains unrestored, saying winter pressures are costing lives and staff are being let down. He says the delay is leaving the health system without the leadership needed to implement…
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Lack of Executive causing more stress for cancer patients – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew says the lack of an Executive is adding stress for cancer patients, citing Department of Health figures showing under 40 percent start treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral. He urges the DUP to end its blockade and form an Executive to invest £1 billion in…
Health Issue: Department of Health cancer waiting times figures January 2023 Original release: Lack of Executive causing more stress for cancer patients – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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Further confirmation that Protocol is disrupting medicine supplies
DUP South Antrim MLA Pam Cameron describes a Nuffield Trust report on NI Protocol medicine supply as deeply alarming, claiming many medicines available in Great Britain are not in Northern Ireland and calling for the Protocol to be replaced.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: Nuffield Trust report on medicine availability under the NI Protocol Original release: Further confirmation that Protocol is disrupting medicine supplies (opens in a new tab)
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Scenes at Causeway Hospital confirmation of recent accounts - Brolly
Aontú Deputy Leader Gemma Brolly says recent scenes at Causeway Hospital confirm patients' experiences, pointing to bed waits and ambulance delays, and calls on MLAs to return to work and overhaul the health system, blaming Stormont parties.
Health Issue: Causeway Hospital scenes and patient accounts of bed and ambulance delays Original release: Scenes at Causeway Hospital confirmation of recent accounts - Brolly (opens in a new tab)
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Gildernew requests meeting with Ambulance Service over response concerns
Sinn Féin health spokesperson Colm Gildernew MLA says the NIAS probe into delayed responses that may have contributed to eight recent deaths is deeply concerning, requests a meeting with the service and urges the DUP to end its boycott while calling for an extra £1 billion investment in health.
Health Issue: NIAS investigation into delayed response linked to eight deaths Original release: Gildernew requests meeting with Ambulance Service over response concerns (opens in a new tab)
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Tory government needs to reverse decade-long policy of cuts and invest in health service – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew calls on the UK Tory government to reverse its decade-long cuts to health and social care and invest in the service, and urges the DUP to return to the Executive to provide political leadership for health workers.
Health Public finance and taxation Original release: Tory government needs to reverse decade-long policy of cuts and invest in health service – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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Unfit childcare system threatening income of working mothers in the midst of cost of living crisis, says Nicholl
Alliance MLA Kate Nicholl says Northern Ireland's childcare system is broken and threatening working mothers' incomes amid the cost of living crisis. She calls for restoring the Assembly and delivering a fully costed Early Learning and Childcare Strategy urgently, and urges the DUP to end its…
Education Economy and employment Original release: Unfit childcare system threatening income of working mothers in the midst of cost of living crisis, says Nicholl (opens in a new tab)
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O’Neill invites MLAs to join silent vigil for Natalie McNally and victims of gender-based violence
First Minister Designate Michelle O’Neill invites MLAs of all parties to attend a silent vigil at the front of Parliament Buildings at 2 pm on Thursday 5 January, to honour Natalie McNally – who was murdered while pregnant – and all victims of gender‑based violence.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Natalie McNally murder vigil Original release: O’Neill invites MLAs to join silent vigil for Natalie McNally and victims of gender-based violence (opens in a new tab)
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Bradshaw thanks health and social care staff for work through ‘twindemic’
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA thanks health and social care staff for their work over Christmas, warning that the 'twindemic' will keep affecting services while Northern Ireland has no Executive. She says waiting times were already worse than elsewhere, and calls for an Executive…
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2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
People Before Profit's New Year message looks back at 2022, arguing that inflation, climate inaction, reproductive rights, the war in Ukraine and Irish housing and health crises show capitalism is failing, and calls for Ireland's first left-wing government.
Economy and employment International affairs Original release: 2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis (opens in a new tab)
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Sir Jeffrey – Best wishes for 2023
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP sends New Year wishes for 2023, calling for the NI Protocol to be replaced with arrangements unionists can support and for genuine powersharing based on consensus. He also pledges work on cost of living, health waiting times, Project Stratum broadband and…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Sir Jeffrey – Best wishes for 2023 (opens in a new tab)
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the message above the door
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, in a Christmas message, reflects on words carved above his Westminster office door and on Christian faith at Christmas. He also says he assured the Royal College of Nursing of support for a decent pay rise and terms overhaul, and calls for agency spending to be…
Constitutional affairs Health Original release: the message above the door (opens in a new tab)
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Sunak must end ‘unacceptable’ refusal to negotiate with health workers – O’Neill
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate, calls on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to end his government's refusal to negotiate with NHS unions and agree a fair pay settlement to avoid further strikes by health workers. She says she has written to him urging engagement.
Health Economy and employment Issue: NHS health workers strike pay dispute with British Government Original release: Sunak must end ‘unacceptable’ refusal to negotiate with health workers – O’Neill (opens in a new tab)
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TUV warns against extension of “Gender Recognition” legislation to Northern Ireland
TUV spokesperson Lorna Smyth criticises Alliance MP Stephen Farry for welcoming Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill and wanting it extended to Northern Ireland. She claims the bill risks women's safe spaces, allows sex offenders to apply for recognition, and should be repealed.
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Scotland Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill passed Original release: TUV warns against extension of “Gender Recognition” legislation to Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab)
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Erskine welcomes new rapid diagnosis centres
DUP Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Deborah Erskine welcomes the opening of rapid diagnostic centres, including one in Dungannon, saying it will speed up diagnosis and bring services closer to rural patients rather than Belfast.
Health Issue: Rapid diagnostic centres launch including Dungannon Original release: Erskine welcomes new rapid diagnosis centres (opens in a new tab)
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“Nurses Unfairly Paid While MLAs Take Wage Despite Not Working” –Cllr Mullen
Aontú Cllr Denise Mullen calls for further health investment and fair pay for nurses during the strike, blaming Stormont dysfunction for a blocked 4.5 per cent pay rise and an eight-month wait for health workers' pay award. She also cites bowel and cervical screening lag and an 11-year hip…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Nurses' strike action over pay and conditions, December 2022 Original release: “Nurses Unfairly Paid While MLAs Take Wage Despite Not Working” –Cllr Mullen (opens in a new tab)
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“Nurses Not Fairly Paid While MLAs Take Wage While Not Working” –Cllr Mullen
Aontú Cllr Denise Mullen calls for further investment in health services and for nurses' pay to match neighbouring jurisdictions, amid the nurses' strike. She blames Stormont political deadlock for blocking a 4.5 per cent pay award and says MLAs taking wages while the Assembly is not sitting is…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Nurses' strike action over pay and conditions, December 2022 Original release: “Nurses Not Fairly Paid While MLAs Take Wage While Not Working” –Cllr Mullen (opens in a new tab)
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McGrath: Ambulance wait shows impact of health service crisis
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath says a man's death after waiting over nine hours for an ambulance shows the crisis in the health service, and calls for long-term reform and an end to the DUP's boycott of Stormont.
Health Issue: Man dies after waiting over nine hours for ambulance Original release: McGrath: Ambulance wait shows impact of health service crisis (opens in a new tab)
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‘Nurses deserve fair pay and safe staffing’ – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew calls on the British government to deliver a fair pay award for nurses and health workers as they begin a second day of strike action, saying workers should not have been forced onto picket lines.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Nurses' strike action over pay and conditions, December 2022 Original release: ‘Nurses deserve fair pay and safe staffing’ – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)