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June 24 News

On 25 March 2021, the Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann announced plans to introduce enhanced financial support for eligible hepatitis C Stage 1 beneficiaries on the NI Infected Blood Payment Scheme (NI Scheme).

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The online application portal to enable special recognition payments to be made to health and social workers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic, where their former employer has closed down or ceased operating, has closed...

The Department of Health (DoH) is responsible for leading and co-ordinating action on Northern Ireland’s substance misuse strategy on a regional and local basis.

The Nursing & Midwifery Task Group are arranging a series of workshops with front line Nursing and Midwifery staff and other relevant partners to give you an opportunity to have your say, be listened to...

The Nursing & Midwifery Task Group have been holding a series of workshops with front line Nursing and Midwifery staff and other relevant partners to give you an opportunity to have your say, be listened...

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In tandem with the modernisation of acute hospital services there is a need to expand the range of care services that can be delivered in the community

A new online application portal has launched to enable special recognition payments to be made to social care Personal Assistants who worked during the pandemic.

The Health Minister, Michelle O’Neill, has announced the reform of payment schemes established for patients infected with HIV and/or hepatitis C following treatment with NHS-supplied blood or blood products before September 1991.

Detailed advice on the Executive’s new COVID-19 regulations and guidance has been published by NI Direct.

A total of 14 projects have received payments through the Cancer Charities Support Fund, part of a £24m package of funding made available in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support carers, cancer charities and...

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced additional financial support for community and voluntary sector organisations.

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt and Communities Minister Gordon Lyons have urged the public to access advice and services that can help them to keep warm and keep well.

The Health and Social Care’s Business Services Organisation (BSO) has today published its Family Practitioner Services General Ophthalmic Statistics for Northern Ireland 2022/23. This National Statistics report contains high level summary information on activity and...

Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement of further details on compensation arrangements for those infected and/or affected by contaminated blood.

The Department of Health wants your views on proposed changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 which relate to the supply of medicines in accordance with Patient Group Directions.

This consultation, which is led by the Department of Health, England (DH), seeks views on the revised Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (MRPQ) Directive which has brought in a number of changes that aim to...

Health Minister Robin Swann today launched the new Mental Health Strategy 2021 – 2031 setting the strategic direction for mental health in Northern Ireland for the next decade.