STORMONT ministers are unlikely to ease lockdown restrictions in the North of Ireland when they meet later on Thursday to…
Health Minister Robin Swann
Military to assist North’s hospitals in Covid fight
MEMBERS of the British military are to be brought in to help medical staff in Northern Ireland in the fight…
Duffy: Emergency mental health delays existed pre-Covid
SINN Féin Councillor Sandra Duffy has expressed her frustration that mental health target times within Emergency Departments missed for every…
Coronavirus: Visiting suspended at hospitals across North
HOSPITALS across the North of Ireland have suspended most visiting in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. The…
Coronavirus: North’s R-rate ‘falls significantly’
A fall in the North of Ireland’s rate of Covid-19 infection has been achieved by many people “doing the right…
Coronavirus: Executive to meet amid mounting hospital pressures
HEALTH Minister Robin Swann is due to update the Stormont Executive later today on the mounting pressures on hospitals in…
Mullan: Cancelled urgent cancer care deeply worrying
SINN Féin’s Karen Mullan has expressed her concern about the cancellation of urgent cancer surgery by the Western Trust and…
‘Stay at home’ to become law on Friday
AN order for people in the North of Ireland to stay at home – to stop the spread of COVID-19…
Swann welcomes approval of second Coronavirus vaccine
THE approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been welcomed by NI Health Minister Robin Swann. The vaccine will lead to…
Coronavirus: Third surge of Covid expected ‘mid January’
A SENIOR doctor in Derry says a third surge of Covid-19 cases is expected in the middle of January. Dr…