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Northern Ireland’s chief scientific adviser is currently on leave on health grounds, it has emerged. Professor Ian Young, who is a member of SAGE, has played a key role in Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 response. The Department of Health has said a number of other senior figures from within the health service will stand in during his absence. The period of leave comes as Prof Young awaits the outcome of a Judicial Review at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Prof Young is challenging a decision by his professional regulatory body, the General Medical Council (GMC), to overturn an earlier...

The Belfast Trust will take no action against Northern Ireland's chief scientific adviser after he was accused of misleading a coroner investigating the death of a child, it can be revealed. It has emerged that the trust, acting as Professor Ian Young's employer, carried out an investigation into allegations made by a public inquiry into his work. However, it subsequently decided no further action was required. Prof Young was informed of the decision on March 5, 2019, but it has now become public after it was revealed during a court hearing last week. Prof Young, a member of advisory grou...

One of Northern Ireland's top doctors - who has played a key role in the pandemic response - has mounted a High Court bid to stop an official probe into "serious criticisms" of his work.

Northern Ireland’s chief scientific adviser is mounting a High Court bid to block a disciplinary investigation into allegations he failed to tell the family of a nine-year-old girl who died about “failings” in her treatment.

Scientists are studying it at laboratories in Porton Down, and it may spread quicker and infect more people