The future of two GP practices in Derry which have 10,000 patients between them still hang in the balance. Racecourse…
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
O’Neill: DoH must ensure Derry GP Services are protected
Derry City and Strabane District Council will hold a special meeting at 4pm today with Department of Health representatives from…
McLaughlin: Women being left behind by lack of HPV screening
SDLP Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has said that women in the North are being left behind by the failure to…
Durkan: Failure to adopt HPV screening is putting lives at risk
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has expressed his frustration that the long-promised adoption of HPV primary screening in cervical screening…
Eastwood: Health chief must intervene over Bridge Street practice closure
Following the announcement that the Bridge Street Family Practice is handing back its contract to the Western Health and Social…
Patient waiting times at Altnagelvin rose to 20 hours
Figures from the Department of Health have revealed that patients in Derry had to wait almost 20 hours to be…
Derry emergency department pressures ‘worse than Groundhog Day’
The situation at emergency departments across the North of Ireland is getting steadily worse, a senior Derry hospital consultant has…
North’s nurses taking part in 12 hour strike
Nurses across the North of Ireland are joining colleagues in England and Wales in a 12-hour strike, the largest action…
Eastwood supports ending non-dom tax status to fund NHS staff
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has supported a motion in Parliament calling to end the 200-year-old non-domiciled tax status regime, which…
Durkan urges vigilance after spike in Strep A cases
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has urged families to be vigilant after a spike in cases of Strep A in…