Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has announced an additional £500k in funding to support low income families caring for seriously ill or severely disabled children. The additional money will
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A health trust leader has pleaded with governments for the funds needed to deliver services. Neil Guckian, chief executive of Western Health Trust, said Stormont and Westminster must recognise trusts
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Health Minister Robin Swann has said he is “deeply concerned” about the consequences of Paul Givan’s resignation as First Minister. He said the move will damage efforts to address hospital
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The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse has written to the First Minister and deputy First Minister expressing serious concerns that a planned apology will not go ahead. It
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Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan has announced his resignation from Stormont’s powersharing Executive. The move by the Lagan Valley MLA is part of the DUP’s escalating protest strategy against
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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced Professor Ray Jones is to lead a review of children’s social care services in Northern Ireland. Professor Jones (pictured) will be assisted by an
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An announcement around an official apology from Stormont to those abused in historic institutions is expected to be made on Thursday. Margaret McGuckin, of the victims group Savia, said she
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Health Minister Robin Swann has made a new request for military assistance to help relieve Covid pressures in Northern Ireland’s hospitals. Mr Swann has made an official request to the
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The family of a nine-year-old girl whose death was examined in the Hyponatraemia Inquiry have welcomed a fresh inquest into her death. Raychel Ferguson, nine, from Coshquin in Co Londonderry,
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Collapsing Stormont before the end of the Assembly term would endanger vital reforms aimed at reducing Northern Ireland’s spiralling waiting lists, the Health Minister has warned. Robin Swann (pictued) said
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