A new campaign designed to reduce the number of patients being reported missing from Emergency Departments (ED) has been launched. The idea behind the awareness campaign is to stop patients from leaving the ED without telling a member of ED staff. Involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Health & Social […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised that free Rapid Lateral Flow Tests are available online and from a network of local pharmacies. And he underlined the importance of using Rapid Lateral Flow Tests regularly to help keep family and friends safe this winter. The Minister stressed that using Lateral Flow Tests does not […]
A number of new options have been introduced to enable people to prove their Covid certification status. Digital recovery certificates are now available through the COVIDCert NI app – providing official confirmation of a positive Covid-19 PCR between 30 days and 180 days ago. Proof of a positive Covid-19 PCR test […]
Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary in Newry. The burglary happened at a residential property in the John Martin Street area of Newry. Sometime between 8 am and 7:00 pm on Tuesday 30 November, it was reported entry was gained to a house in the John Martin Street area of Newry. […]
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) has published a report on Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland. The report shows that there were 3,692 deaths involving Covid-19 in Northern Ireland between 1 March 2020 and 31 October 2021, accounting for 13.0% of all deaths in this period. Age-standardised mortality […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has confirmed a major expansion of NI’s COVID-19 vaccination programme to help meet current and forthcoming demand for booster doses. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) this week recommended the phased extension of the booster programme to all adult age groups. It advised that boosters should now […]
Police are appealing for information following a road traffic collision in Newry yesterday, Tuesday 30 November, 2021. Inspector Frances McCullough says, “The collision took place just after 6 pm in the Armagh Road area. “It involved a black Land Rover and a male pedestrian. “The pedestrian, aged in his 50s, was […]
All Agenda for Change staff working in Health and Social Care will receive the 3% award which was recommended by the NHS Pay Review Body. The award will see HSC pay points increase by 3% and will be backdated to 1 April 2021. This award represents an estimated increase of approximately £88.24million on […]
41-year-old Audrius Silinskas has this week been sentenced to eleven years for two counts of rape of a woman at Newry Crown Court. Detective Constable Mallon explains, “The woman, in this case, displayed immense courage in seeing this investigation through to a successful conclusion. “I hope that her tenacity and resolution to […]
“The time is right to download your vaccine certification app.” That’s the message from the Department of Health following the launch of a new version of the COVIDCert NI app It now offers separate vaccination certificates for both foreign travel and domestic use. These QR codes provide official confirmation that you have had […]
