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Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that news that 17,500 women are to receive letters from the Southern Trust to advise they will have their smear tests re-checked will cause significant distress to women affected. This process is part of a major review of cervical screening dating back to 2008. The DUP MP said: […]
SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty has urged local people to ‘hold their nerve’ and stay in the fight to save Daisy Hill Hospital. Mr. McNulty was speaking after it was announced that the withdrawal of Emergency General Surgery from Daisy Hill Hospital has been made permanent. The announcement was made at a […]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath has called for talks to avert industrial action from junior doctors. Mr McGrath urged health officials to engage with junior doctors and listen to their legitimate concerns. South Down MLA Mr McGrath said: “Junior doctors balloting for strike action is a symptom of how desperate pay and conditions have gotten […]
Statement by TUV party chairman Cusher councillor Keith Ratcliffe: “I am dismayed by the loss of emergency surgery at Daisy Hill, an announcement which means that people will have to travel over 20 miles to Craigavon Area Hospital. Many people within the constituency of Newry and Armagh will now have to travel considerable distance for […]
Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has welcomed a commitment by the Southern Trust to work with staff in building a five-year plan for the future of Daisy Hill Hospital. The Newry and Armagh MP said: “Today the Southern Trust committed to working with staff in Daisy Hill to develop a five-year plan for the future […]
The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has recommended that all Emergency General Surgery Services for the area are delivered from the Craigavon Area Hospital site on a permanent basis. The decision was made at a meeting of Trust Board today (Thursday 28th September), following the presentation of a feedback report on a 12 week […]
The Department of Health has today welcomed the publication by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust of the final report into fatal COVID-19 outbreaks in Craigavon Area and Daisy Hill Hospitals in 2020. [https://southerntrust.hscni.net/covid-19-serious-adverse-incident-report-published/] The Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) investigation had been announced in the Assembly by the former Health Minister, Robin Swann MLA, […]
Safe Access Zones will be introduced at health service locations across Northern Ireland on September 29, 2023. Five NI Health and Social Care Trusts will introduce the Zones on this date. Safe Access Zones are being established under NI Assembly legislation to protect women and girls accessing abortion services, information, advice and counselling, and protect […]
The Southern Health and Social Care Trust’s Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) service has recorded a hat-trick of national awards for the high-quality information it provides about joint replacement surgery. The team has gained national accreditation as a NJR Quality Data Provider for their commitment to patient safety, for the third successive year. It first won […]
Seven midwives have taken up posts with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust after completing a two year innovative Midwifery programme. They are among the first recruits to graduate from a new Masters in Midwifery course at Queen’s University Belfast, which was designed to enable registered nurses to become fully qualified midwives in two […]
UNISON members in the Health service in Northern Ireland will be taking to the picket lines next week. On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of September during a period of 48 hours ambulance crews, nurses, health care assistants, pharmacists, radiographers, porters, admin and technical staff, cleaners and catering will be on strike. Payroll staff will […]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath MLA has responded to today’s published waiting list times and said these figures “underscore the awful human cost of political failure.” Mr McGrath said: “The figures published today paint a devastating picture of the current status of health waiting lists in the North. These aren’t just figures or statistics, these are […]
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