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Daisy Hill Hospital managers say it is an "interim" measure due to ongoing recruitment challenges.

The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has announced its chief executive for a new statutory body. Shane Devlin...

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JCVI has said the vaccine should then be offered to all aged 75 and over, before moving on to everyone aged 70 and over. At the same time the vaccine should be offered to clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) patients, as evidence suggests they are as at much risk of serious illness as people in their 70s. However, it has now emerged that the chief executives of the Belfast, South Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western trusts — Cathy Jack, Seamus McGoran, Shane Devlin, Jennifer Welsh, and An...

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (ABC) area is the “epicentre” of Northern Ireland’s battle with Covid-19, according to a health chief.

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (ABC) area is the “epicentre” of Northern Ireland’s battle with Covid-19, according to a health chief. Addressing January’s full council meeting, Southern Health Trust chief executive Shane Devlin compared the borough’s Covid death rate to a daily minibus or car crash in which everyone died. Yesterday, official figures showed that 12,648 people had tested positive in the borough, an increase of 114 on the previous day — the bigges...

Cancer patients will be offered surgery at any hospital in Northern Ireland in a bid to save lives, it has emerged.

Health Minister Robin Swann announced that more than 100 medically-trained military personnel will be deployed in the region.

The Stormont Executive is meeting on Thursday to discuss the current lockdown restrictions. It is understood ministers will discuss extending the restrictions to March 5. The six-week lockdown announced in December is due to end on February 6. Belfast Beat Newsletter Enter email address Sign Up Health Minister Robin Swann said he would bring a paper for ministers to consider around restrictions. While he did not reveal his recommendations, he said that this is “not the time to open any flood...

Updated / Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 22:28 Northern Irelands coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been extended to 5 March. Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann proposed the step to help drive down case numbers, saying this was "not the time to open any floodgates". Ministerial colleagues at the Executive agreed the move following a meeting in Dungannon, Co Tyrone. The measures will be reviewed next month, but there are suggestions the restrictions could ultimately continue until Easter in early...