People living on the north coast could have to make a three-hour round trip for hospital treatment under a radical overhaul of the health service in Northern Ireland.

Training begins today for members of the 220-strong team who will operate the pioneering new £50m cross-border radiotherapy unit in Londonderry.

The Hyponatraemia Inquiry has been hit by a further delay as it makes an attempt to access more confidential patient files.

Northern Ireland is expected to lose a number of its residential homes as part of major changes to the health service. Edwin Poots Health Minister Edwin Poots is to address Stormont on changes to health services

Health Minister Edwin Poots has revealed an “innovative” new programme intended to improve people’s experience of care towards the end of their life.

Making a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability, their carers and their families is the focus of the new Learning Disability Service Framework.

Northern Ireland Assembly health minister Edwin Poots has urged whistleblowers to come forward with information, following allegations of the abuse of adults with severe learning disabilities at a Derry care home.

THE Western Trust has appointed Kieran Downey as the new Executive Director of Social Work and Director of Women and Children’s Services.

A new board designed to better protect children in Northern Ireland comes into force on Tuesday.

Children with learning difficulties need much more support when leaving school, a report found