CLANRYE NEWS Updates on the latest health news
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Executive has agreed a package of additional restrictions given the high levels of Covid-19 transmission in the community. Ministers updated the Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on the detail of decisions reached, which cover schools and the extension of remote learning until the mid-term break in February; enhanced measures to limit contacts between individuals in […]
The Executive met this evening to discuss the concerning progression of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last month the Executive moved ahead of other jurisdictions to make an intervention that saw the introduction of strict, wide-ranging measures from December 26 for a period of six weeks, and tonight discussed what additional measures are necessary given the very […]
Approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine boosts our confidence that better times are ahead in 2021, Health Minister Robin Swann has stated. The approval by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) paves the way for a significant acceleration of Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme. But the Minister has also warned that the coming weeks […]
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