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A total of £4,380 has been donated to the Southern Trust’s Acute Services Fund from Hanover Football Club and Portadown True Blues. The now annual football match named Terry Woods Memorial Fund took place on Saturday 18th June at Brownstown Park, Portadown. The event was held in memory of Terry Woods who very sadly passed […]
In a bid to reduce violence and aggression against staff, the Southern Trust security team is trialling body worn cameras at Craigavon Area and Daisy Hill hospitals. From October 2021 to March 2022, the team responded to 438 incidents of violence and aggression across both hospitals. Anita Carroll, Assistant Director of Functional Support Services explains: […]
The MET office for Northern Ireland spoke to Clanrye News and Sport regarding the potentially hot weather predicted for the next few days, they said: Friday Evening and Night: A few light showers early evening, but most staying dry with good late sunshine, then clear periods. Some mist and fog patches may form towards dawn. […]
Supported lodgings / STAY hosts recently came together with staff and young people for a celebratory event at Brownlow House, Lurgan to celebrate the scheme’s 23rd birthday and to say thanks to the carers who provide an invaluable support to young people in the Southern area. Supported lodgings / STAY is accommodation provided in the […]
Upper Bann DUP MP Carla Lockhart has called on Robin Swann, the Northern Ireland Executive Health Minister, to look again at the mileage rate being paid to domiciliary care workers and community nursing teams, following his announcement of a small increase in mileage rates for mileage above 3500 miles. Mrs Lockhart had raised the issue […]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath has said cancer patients are being failed as a result of the DUP’s continued boycott of the Stormont institutions. He was speaking after the Department of Health released the latest cancer waiting time statistics, with all key targets once again being missed. Mr McGrath called for the DUP to return […]
Cabinet has given the go ahead to the Minister of State with Responsibility for Local Government and Planning to draft maternity leave legislation for Councillors. Following publication of the ‘Moorhead Report – Independent Review of the Role and Remuneration of Elected Members (2020)’ a working group was established to examine non-pay recommendations. A gender subgroup of […]
The decision by the United States Supreme Court to nullify the constitutional right of women to access abortion services is alarming, dangerous and hypocritical. In a country where it is perfectly legal for an 18-year-old to own and carry a gun it is now going to be illegal to provide a fundamental health service for […]
Health Minister Robin Swann is supporting a call from the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service for new blood donors to come forward. The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service’s (NIBTS) appeal coincides with World Blood Donor Day and follows a decline in the number of new people giving blood. Speaking after giving blood at NIBTS headquarters, […]
Newry Chamber were pleased to join representatives from political parties, community groups and the medical profession on Friday 1st July 2022, to launch the Daisy Hill Development Pathway. These representatives plus a member of the Bengoa Expert Panel, representatives from Daisy Hill Pathfinder Group, Newry Chamber, Newry and Mourne Enterprise Agency all form part of the new Daisy […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart joined with huge crowds in Waringstown on Friday night at the Vintage Cavalcade in aid of the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund and praised the work of the charity in providing financial support towards kidney research for the last fifty years. Speaking at the event, Carla Lockhart said: “The Vintage […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council hosted a Men’s Health Event in partnership with the Rural Health Partnership Clanrye Group, Bolster, Rural Health Partnership, the Council’s Health and In-equalities dept, P.I.P.S, and Aware NI on Thursday 16 June in Slieve Gullion. The event included free taster workshops, activities and health checks as part of a […]
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