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Time for Health and Education Ministers to deliver for children with complex and additional needs – Baker
Sinn Féin MLA Danny Baker calls on the Health and Education Ministers to cooperate on drafting a bill in the next mandate that would improve support for young people with complex and additional needs, urging them to act without delay.
Disability and equality Health Original release: Time for Health and Education Ministers to deliver for children with complex and additional needs – Baker (opens in a new tab)
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McGrath: Executive must agree Budget to fund 24/7 thrombectomy services
SDLP Opposition Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath MLA welcomes the Health Minister's pledge to fund a dedicated 24/7 thrombectomy stroke service once his department's Budget is confirmed. He argues progress has been too slow and blames the lack of an agreed Executive budget, and repeats the call…
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Health Minister commitment to 24/7 thrombectomy stroke service Original release: McGrath: Executive must agree Budget to fund 24/7 thrombectomy services (opens in a new tab)
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Allister welcomes ruling on Police Ombudsman overreach
TUV leader Jim Allister MP welcomes a court ruling that the Police Ombudsman exceeded its legal powers in publicly labelling retired RUC officers as colluding, and pays tribute to the officers who brought the challenge. He says reports must now carry a notice acknowledging the overreach and…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Court ruling on Police Ombudsman collusion findings against retired RUC officers Original release: Allister welcomes ruling on Police Ombudsman overreach (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin to hold Endometriosis event
Sinn Féin announces an endometriosis awareness event at Shaftesbury Community & Recreation Centre on 23 May, highlighting diagnosis wait times of almost 10 years and calling on the Health Minister to act on faster referrals and specialist care.
Health Disability and equality Original release: Sinn Féin to hold Endometriosis event (opens in a new tab)
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Dublin Cannot Demand Justice While Denying Victims the Truth - Frew
DUP MLA Paul Frew accuses the Irish Government of double standards on Troubles legacy, arguing Dublin lectures others on accountability while refusing full cooperation on Republic-linked cases ahead of an Assembly motion debate.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Assembly debate on Troubles legacy motion and Irish Government cooperation Original release: Dublin Cannot Demand Justice While Denying Victims the Truth - Frew (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP launches integrated 111 service plan to reduce pressure on health service
SDLP MLA Colin McGrath unveils a policy proposal for an integrated 111 service across Northern Ireland, modelled on a Greater Manchester system that triages patients online and by phone. He says it would ease pressure on emergency departments and urgent care, and will be put to the Health Minister.
Health Issue: SDLP integrated 111 service policy proposal launch Original release: SDLP launches integrated 111 service plan to reduce pressure on health service (opens in a new tab)
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High Court judgment another indictment of former Ombudsman
UUP leader Jon Burrows welcomes a High Court ruling that Police Ombudsman statements on RUC officers must carry a formal notice that the Ombudsman exceeded her legal powers. He calls it a significant judgment and urges reform of the Ombudsman's office.
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Court ruling on Police Ombudsman collusion findings against retired RUC officers Original release: High Court judgment another indictment of former Ombudsman (opens in a new tab)
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The Case for an Integrated 111 Service
SDLP calls for a single, integrated 111 urgent care service for Northern Ireland, offering 24/7 access, clinical triage and direct booking, to ease pressure on emergency departments and support the Department of Health's 'shift left' approach.
Health Original release: The Case for an Integrated 111 Service (opens in a new tab)
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McGuigan requests urgent oral on advanced heart conditions recall
Sinn Féin MLA Philip McGuigan requests an urgent oral question on the advanced heart conditions recall, after the Belfast Health Trust identified over 160 patients may have undergone unnecessary procedures, and says he has written to the Minister to seek reassurance and answers.
Health Issue: Belfast Health Trust advanced heart conditions recall Original release: McGuigan requests urgent oral on advanced heart conditions recall (opens in a new tab)
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Dillon pays tribute to cervical screening campaigners
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon pays tribute to women who campaigned to uncover failings in the north's cervical screening service, and calls for every recommendation from the recent independent review and earlier reviews to be fully implemented and independently monitored to rebuild public confidence.
Health Issue: Atherton Report and decision against a statutory cervical screening inquiry Original release: Dillon pays tribute to cervical screening campaigners (opens in a new tab)
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Funding crisis for victims’ groups – but over £324,000 to preserve IRA shrine at the Maze
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston says over £324,000 spent maintaining the Maze prison buildings is a scandal, given protests by victims' groups at Stormont over sector funding. He calls for the listed structures to be delisted and demolished, and questions the DUP's conduct at the Executive Office.
Public finance and taxation Community relations and legacy Issue: Maze prison buildings £324,000 maintenance spending revealed in assembly answer Original release: Funding crisis for victims’ groups – but over £324,000 to preserve IRA shrine at the Maze (opens in a new tab)
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TUV blasts Health Minister’s failure to call public inquiry
TUV Cusher Councillor Keith Ratcliffe criticises the Health Minister for not calling a full public inquiry into the ladies' letters scandal, saying only an inquiry under the 2005 Act can provide answers. He says the announcement avoided Assembly scrutiny and that his party colleague has asked the…
Health Issue: Atherton Report and decision against a statutory cervical screening inquiry Original release: TUV blasts Health Minister’s failure to call public inquiry (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood condemns sectarian graffiti on Derry landmark
SDLP MP Colum Eastwood condemns sectarian graffiti that appeared overnight on Free Derry Wall in Derry, which he says targets Bloody Sunday families. He appeals to anyone with information to contact the police.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Sectarian graffiti on Free Derry Wall, Derry Original release: Eastwood condemns sectarian graffiti on Derry landmark (opens in a new tab)
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McGrath: Health service must address repeated patient recalls and reviews
SDLP Opposition Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath MLA says repeated patient recalls – including the Belfast Trust’s recall of more than 160 heart patients possibly fitted with unnecessary CRT devices – raise serious questions about the health service, urges anyone affected to contact the Trust and呼s
Health Issue: Belfast Health Trust advanced heart conditions recall Original release: McGrath: Health service must address repeated patient recalls and reviews (opens in a new tab)
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Doug Beattie MLA responds to publication of cervical screening report
UUP MLA Doug Beattie responds to the Atherton report on the Northern Ireland cervical screening programme, saying it exposed serious governance failings and damaged public trust. He is disappointed no statutory public inquiry will proceed, while backing the Health Minister's reasoning and urging…
Health Issue: Atherton Report and decision against a statutory cervical screening inquiry Original release: Doug Beattie MLA responds to publication of cervical screening report (opens in a new tab)
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Palantir Unlimited Access to NHS - Stormont Must Halt Health Service Privatisation
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin calls on Stormont to halt health service privatisation, citing Palantir's access to NHS England patient data and warning it could extend to Northern Ireland. He urges backing for the UNISON campaign ahead of a Health and Community Committee deputation.
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Palantir access to NHS England patient data Original release: Palantir Unlimited Access to NHS - Stormont Must Halt Health Service Privatisation (opens in a new tab)
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McGrath: Cervical screening public inquiry decision will cause further hurt
SDLP Opposition Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath MLA says the Health Minister's refusal to order a public inquiry into the Southern Trust cervical screening failures will hurt affected women, despite findings from Professor Sir Frank Atherton's review.
Health Issue: Atherton Report and decision against a statutory cervical screening inquiry Original release: McGrath: Cervical screening public inquiry decision will cause further hurt (opens in a new tab)
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Denial of public inquiry into cervical screening scandal fails those impacted, says McAllister
Alliance's Nuala McAllister MLA says refusing a full public inquiry into the Southern Trust cervical screening scandal fails those affected, after the Atherton Report was published. She has tabled an urgent oral question asking the Health Minister to explain his rationale to the Assembly.
Health Issue: Atherton Report and decision against a statutory cervical screening inquiry Original release: Denial of public inquiry into cervical screening scandal fails those impacted, says McAllister (opens in a new tab)
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Why We Are Marching For Lough Neagh
People Before Profit calls for a mass march for Lough Neagh on Sunday 17 May, starting at The Batter Bar and ending at Ardboe High Cross, citing toxic algae blooms, pollution from intensive farming and sewage, and unsafe drinking water. It is held 40 years after a 1980s march against lignite mining.
Environment and climate Agriculture and rural affairs Original release: Why We Are Marching For Lough Neagh (opens in a new tab)
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May Review exposes serious failings at the heart of the ICRIR – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane says the May Review exposes serious governance, leadership and operational failings at the ICRIR and undermines the British government's claim it was a credible, victim-centred approach. He calls for a HIU-style independent investigation unit and the reinstatement of…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Independent review of ICRIR governance and internal culture Original release: May Review exposes serious failings at the heart of the ICRIR – Finucane (opens in a new tab)