Department of Health

Ambulance chief executive Anthony Marsh

Ambulance chief wants action as 10th anniversary of bombing nears

Robbie Butler set to be appointed Stormont’s health minister

Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows speaks to the media in the Great Hall of Parliament Buildings at Stormont, accompanied by deputy leader Diana Armstrong

UUP leader Jon Burrows set to announce new health minister

Mike Nesbitt

Outgoing minister Nesbitt hailed as ‘constructive’ in tribute by health bodies

Jesy Nelson

Jesy Nelson is in a ‘dream’ after daughters have feeding tubes removed

Jesy Nelson standing outside

Jesy Nelson says rollout of baby SMA screening is a ‘day of hope’

A pregnant woman at Victoria railway station in London

Record number of conceptions in women over 40, new data shows

The MV Hondius

Briton treated in South Africa after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise

Vaping to be banned in cars carrying children under Government plans

Stormont Executive agrees £55m for public sector pay awards and infrastructure

Government says more people will survive cancer under its new 10-year plan

NI health service problems would become more acute, official warned in 2005

Wes Streeting launches review into ADHD, autism and mental health services

Thousands of NHS staff redundancies to go ahead after funding agreed

People able to book NHS Covid jabs despite not being eligible – pharmacy leaders

Plus Shropshire hospitals ranked among county's worst in NHS league tables

High caffeine energy drinks same as ‘necking four cans of Coke’ – Streeting
The Government has launched a 12-week consultation ahead of a ban on the sale of high caffeine energy drinks to under-16s.
Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor

High-caffeine energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England – Streeting

At least one person dead after explosion at Moscow shopping centre

Digital ‘one stop shop’ for NHS will speed up care for patients, Government says

£2.2bn of ‘wasteful’ NHS spending to be diverted to working classes – Streeting

£2.2bn of ‘wasteful’ NHS spending to be diverted to working classes – Streeting

NHS set for boost of up to £30bn as other budgets feel squeeze

Government promises quicker A&E times under plan to help end corridor care

NI could have one of the best health systems in the world, says new chief

Hunt urges Streeting to reconsider cuts to ringfenced funding for maternity care

People ‘reaching for pliers or flights’ amid dental appointment difficulties

Coroner demands change after pensioner died following 10-hour ambulance wait
Diana Fairweather-Purkis, 79, died from multi-organ failure at the University Hospital of North Tees – two days after she was eventually admitted.
Tom Wilkinson, PA

Call for ‘reality check’ over funding Northern Ireland’s health service

NHS boss defends job after critical remarks by MPs

Stormont Executive allocates over £17m to deal with impact of Storm Eowyn

NHS and health department officials ‘out of ideas’ for transforming care – MPs

Government announces plans for first men’s health strategy

NHS managers who fail to improve patient care ‘will be denied pay rises’

Ministers recommend 2.8% pay rise for teachers and NHS workers

Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

MPs to vote on smoking ban and vape sales ‘deliberately targeted at children’

‘Totally shocking’ gas pipework issue discovered at troubled maternity hospital

Unions attack 2.8% Government pay rise proposal for NHS workers and teachers

Minister criticises ‘failures’ in care of boy who died week after hospital visit

Covid victim’s daughter says legislative change needed over hospital visits

NHS data sharing will streamline services, says health minister

Streeting defends allowing former health secretary to attend Government meetings

Defamation battle between Sir Van Morrison and former health minister settled

Daily exodus of junior doctors will continue without fair pay deal, rally told

Junior doctors in Northern Ireland stage 48-hour strike

Shrewsbury to host pioneering event for people with sight or hearing loss

Efforts to draft pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on future response

Plus County's £312m hospitals revamp finally approved, MP reveals

Cover-up of infected blood scandal was ‘subtle, pervasive and chilling’ – report

Department says scars left by Covid must inspire action to improve preparedness

CMO denies overreaching into department headed by Stormont leaders

Health department was ‘greatest superspreader’ of Covid, Poots tells inquiry

Covid inquiry hears of tensions over daily death figures in Northern Ireland

Plus Shrewsbury MP challenges election rival over plans to overhaul Shropshire's emer...

Panel's response to Future Fit hospital plan concerns delayed by two weeks

MP welcomes £21m hospital bed funding

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