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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Health Newry Newry and Armagh South Down Upper Bann

Trust Highest Home Birth Rate In NI

A specialist team of midwives dedicated to delivering babies at home is celebrating having the highest home birth rate in the region. The Southern Health and Social Care Trust Home Birth team have delivered a total of 104 babies in homes right across the Trust since the team was established in November 2021. Paula Murray, […]

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Community Constituency Craigavon Crime Upper Bann

Man In His 20s Dies After Entering Water In Craigavon

Police can confirm a man, aged in his 20s, has died following a report of a concern for safety in Craigavon on Saturday evening, 8th June. The man entered the water in the Lake Road area shortly after 6pm and sadly, encountered difficulties. A multi-agency search operation was immediately launched involving police, Northern Ireland Fire […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Health Newry Newry and Armagh Upper Bann

Trust Nurses Recognised For Going Over and Above to Help Students

Nine staff have been recognised for making a difference to the experience of nursing students on placement within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust. The Trust held a recognition event to celebrate those who received nominations for the Queen’s University Belfast School of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor Awards. A total […]

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Community Constituency Craigavon Health Newry and Armagh

Children’s Commissioner Visits Speech and Language Therapy Service

The Southern Trust’s Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy service has hosted a visit from the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Chris Quinn. The Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy community team offers a wide range of support across community clinics and specialist provision in mainstream schools (SPIMS). They support children with a variety […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Government Health Newry Newry and Armagh Stormont Upper Bann

New Legislation In Place Which Reinstates Hospital Car Parking Charges Until 2026

Normal arrangements for hospital car parking charges will resume from Friday 17 May. The Department is aware that patients and visitors at some hospital sites have experienced congestion and delays, as a result of free parking this week. We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this period. New legislation will be in place from tomorrow […]

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Community Constituency Craigavon Crime Monaghan Upper Bann

Man Fined £250 at Craigavon Crown Court for Waste Offence

James McCooey (77) of Thyholland, County Monaghan, pleaded guilty on 22 February 2024 at Newry Crown Court to keeping controlled waste without a waste management licence. He was sentenced today at Craigavon Crown Court where he was fined £250. Six other similar charges directed against him were not proceeded with and left on the books. […]

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Community Constituency Craigavon Crime Upper Bann

Man and Woman Sentenced for Drug Offences at Craigavon Crown Court

A man and woman have been sentenced for a number of drugs-related and other offences at Craigavon Crown Court today, Thursday, 16th May. Twenty-eight-year-old Donatas Kupstys pleaded guilty to two counts of cultivating cannabis, two counts of dishonestly using electricity, driving while disqualified and using a motor vehicle without insurance. Gabriele Kubiliute (23) pleaded guilty to two counts […]

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Community Constituency Craigavon Crime Upper Bann

Appeal for Information and Witnesses In Relation to Robbery In Craigavon

Police in Lurgan are appealing for information and witnesses in relation to a report of a robbery in Craigavon yesterday evening, Friday 10th May. Sergeant Cordner said: “Shortly before 7.45pm, it was reported that a man was assaulted by a number of males in the Westacres area, who struck and kick the back of his […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Government Health Newry Newry and Armagh Politics Stormont Upper Bann

Hospital Car Parking Service Information

Patients, visitors and staff are being warned of possible disruption at hospital sites from next week and are advised to leave extra time to get to appointments or when accessing hospital sites. Free hospital parking provision had been passed by the Assembly in 2022, with car parking charges due to end on 12 May 2024. […]

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ABC Council Armagh Banbridge Community Constituency Council Craigavon Crime Government Newry and Armagh Politics Stormont Upper Bann

£105k Funding Boost For Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon

Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon is set to benefit from £105k from the Assets Recovery Community Scheme, Justice Minister Naomi Long has announced. A number of community and voluntary organisations in the Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon Council area have been awarded funding from the 2024-2027 Assets Recovery Community Scheme (ARCS).  The money allocated will go towards […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Health Newry Newry and Armagh South Down Upper Bann

Trust Remembrance Service for Babies and Children

The Southern Trust is hosting a special service of remembrance and thanksgiving for parents and families who have been bereaved through pregnancy loss or the death of a baby, child or young person in Craigavon Area Hospital or the wider community. The service will take place on Sunday 19 May at 3.00pm in Seagoe Parish […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Health Newry Newry and Armagh Upper Bann

Southern Trust: “Dignity and Privacy” Issues In Hospital Corridors

By François Vincent A Southern Health & Social Care (HSC) Trust executive director acknowledged, at a board meeting held last Thursday (April 25), that safeguarding the privacy and dignity of patients sitting/lying in hospital corridors could be difficult. Executive director of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals and Support Services, Heather Trouton made her comments in […]