
New guidance that will facilitate increased visiting in care settings here is being finalised, Health Minister Robin Swann has stated. Guidance is being updated for visiting in hospitals (including Maternity), hospices and care homes. New guidance is expected to be published imminently and, to allow preparations to be made in care […]

A vital programme aimed at raising awareness of the importance of bowel screening is now available online to support the recent rollout of a new, simpler bowel cancer screening kit in Northern Ireland. The Women’s Resource and Development Agency’s (WRDA) ground-breaking online screening awareness programme was originally developed to help tackle inequalities in […]
Apr 29 2021 | Posted in
Community |
Read More »

With lockdown restrictions lifting and more leisure activities resuming, the Southern Trust is reminding people with urgent but not critical symptoms to ‘Phone First’ before attending Emergency Departments or Minor Injuries services. Patients, including children, considering attending Emergency Departments or the Minor Injuries Services at Craigavon, Daisy Hill or South Tyrone Hospital with […]
Apr 27 2021 | Posted in
Community |
Read More »

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced more than 1,300 nursing and midwifery pre-registration training places at Northern Ireland universities this year. The commissioning retains the number of training places at the overall record high of 1,325, first reached last year. The Minister said, “The commissioning of these pre-registration programmes reaffirms my […]

The Southern Trust has invested £140,000 in upgrading oxygen supply across Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals. Oxygen supply at Craigavon Area Hospital has increased by 150% while Daisy Hill’s is now improved by 250%. Helen O’Neill, Director of Finance, Procurement and Estates for the Southern Trust explains, “As the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Apr 27 2021 | Posted in
Community |
Read More »

Derry Girls star and proud Derry girl, Saoirse-Monica Jackson is to become Children in Crossfire’s Schools Ambassador. This voluntary position will see the popular actor engage with children and young people across Ireland and further afield to promote the charity’s international education and healthcare programmes Announcing her new role as she […]
Apr 26 2021 | Posted in
Community |
Read More »

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a £100,000 poverty payment package for further and higher education students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) to address digital poverty. Almost 1,700 students will each receive a £60 Digital Poverty payment to help address data costs incurred through remote learning during the […]
Apr 23 2021 | Posted in
Community,
Politics |
Read More »

Tesco stores in Newry will be in the pink to show support for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. ‘Tesco Turns Pink’, the supermarket chain’s national annual fundraiser, will be taking place on 23 – 25 April. Thousands of Tesco colleagues from across the UK will be helping to raise funds for life-saving […]

Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has said the driving test backlog needs to be tackled once services resume. The Newry and Armagh MLA was commenting on the Driver and Vehicle Agency’s plan for when Driving tests and lessons resume on 23 April following a meeting at the Infrastructure Committee this week. […]
Apr 22 2021 | Posted in
Community,
Politics |
Read More »

The Department of Finance has announced that rate bills for 2021-22 will begin issuing at the end of May. Announcing the move, Finance Minister Conor Murphy said, “Rate bills are normally issued at the start of April. “Last year, as part of my package of rates measures to mitigate the impact […]
Apr 22 2021 | Posted in
Community |
Read More »