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The Department of Health (DoH) published statistics relating to medical abortions and terminations of pregnancy during 2019/20. The statistical bulletin presents information on the number of medical abortions and terminations of pregnancy during 2019/20. The information release is published on the Department of Health’s website. Key points There were 22 terminations of pregnancy in HSC hospitals […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon announced that customers with theory test pass certificates due to expire will be given priority access to the booking system by the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) when practical driving tests are able to resume. Minister Mallon said: “Practical driving tests have been disrupted due to the Executive regulations introduced to help […]
Chief Medical Officers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have voiced their concerns about the high levels of Covid-19 and are urging everyone to stay home. Chief Medical Officers Dr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said: “As CMOs, we are gravely concerned about the unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection we are […]
Health Minister Robin Swann and Justice Minister Naomi Long have welcomed a new scheme launched by the UK Government for victims of domestic abuse to discretely seek help through pharmacies. The scheme will initially be available in Boots pharmacies, as well as a number of other independent pharmacies. Participating pharmacies will have promotional material on […]
The ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – December 2020’ report, containing statistics up to December 2020, is now available. The publication is produced by the DVA Statistics Branch of the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), and contains summary volumes on the vehicle, driver, and theory tests conducted by the DfI’s Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA). […]
The Department of Health has published revised guidance on visiting care settings, which comes into effect from Friday 15 January. In response to the levels of Covid-19 transmissions across the country, the four UK Chief Medical Officers recommended that we now move into alert level 5. This impacts on the implementation of the visiting guidance in […]
Latest figures published today by NISRA show that 103 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the week 2nd to 8th January 2021. The total Covid-19 related deaths figure has now surpassed 2,000, reaching 2,019. 7th January saw the joint highest number of Covid-19 related deaths occurring in any one day (25) matched by 9th April 2020 […]
Northern Ireland Water Framework Directive Groundwater status update statistics for 2020 have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Thursday 14th January 2021. This statistical report contains summary information on the status of groundwater for the three River Basin Districts in Northern Ireland based on data collected up to the […]
The Department of Health has today published the phased plan for NI’s Covid-19 vaccination programme. The Northern Ireland model for vaccine deployment has been designed to be pragmatic, agile and flexible. As has been repeatedly emphasised, the rate of progress will be dependent on the availability of vaccines, supplied as part of UK-wide arrangements. The […]
The Moderna vaccine becomes third vaccine to receive approval from Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Health Minister has the announcement that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has been given regulatory approval: “This week has seen the grave pressures of Covid come to bear on our health service, so news of the approval of a […]
The Department of Health has today reiterated the advice regarding “shielding” by people who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable CEV) to Covid-19. Updated advice to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people was issued just before Christmas – with a commitment that letters from the Chief Medical Officer would follow. Some of these letters have already been received. This updated advice […]
The Department of Health has published the ‘Children’s Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2019/20’. Key Facts and Figures: Children in Need At 31 March 2020, 22,414 children in Northern Ireland were known to Social Services as a child in need; Some 33,885 children were referred to Social Services during 2019/20, the largest proportion of […]
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