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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced extensions to the terms of three Non-Executive Members to the Patient and Client Council (PCC).

A couple of years ago, long before anyone heard of Covid, I was sitting at home one dark evening when the doorbell rang.

AS daily life increasingly gets back to normal in Northern Ireland parents of adults with learning difficulties feel left behind.

    The campaign uses a consistent and instantly recognisable symbol, the Distance Aware Shield to help remind people to maintain a social distance. Organisations and individuals can support the campaign by wearing a badge or displaying a poster with the Distance Aware Shield. Launching the initiative Health Minister Robin Swann said, “The introduction of the Distance Aware Shield in Northern Ireland comes at a critical time for us.     “The progress we have achieved to date in our vacc...

Terminally ill patients who were asked to shield during the pandemic have revealed the "unbearable" loneliness they have endured in their final months. A survey of people deemed clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) has uncovered the harrowing isolation experienced by palliative care patients asked to adhere to strict guidance to protect themselves from Covid-19 until the advice was paused at the end of July. One elderly woman, aged over 80, described crying every time her brother rang her to...