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Family of Billy Caldwell holding 'Billy's Bud Fest' to celebrate the support they have received

...hearts. "Billy made history earlier this year when he became the first person to be prescribed medical cannabis on the NHS. "Billy suffers from the life threatening condition known as intractable epilepsy. Following extensive treatment with CBD...

30 Aug 2017 at 11:52

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Derry's Apprentice girl does the business with launch of new cosmetic surgery clinic

...most ‘fantastic birthday present’. "The last six months have been absolutely hectic. I continued to work full-time for the NHS until August, and then I took up a full-time position with Lord Sugar so it became quite difficult to balance both," she...

22 Jan 2014 at 10:35

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Up to 60 jobs at risk at private hospital in County Derry

...workforce of 180 could be involved. A spokesperson for the hospital blamed the proposed redundancies on the ‘cessation of NHS referrals to the hospital under the Waiting List Initiative’. See today's County Derry Post for more on this story.

16 Sept 2014 at 08:53

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Durkan delight at deal on Meningitis B vaccine

...struck which will see a life-saving vaccine against the deadly Meningitis B disease (Bexsero) available for free on the NHS for babies in Derry and across the North. Mr Durkan, who tabled parliamentary motions and campaigned at Westminster with the...

29 Mar 2015 at 15:12

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Concern about the number of women not coming forward for a smear test which could save their lives

... there will be more women facing the physical and psychological cost of cervical cancer, an increased burden on the NHS and state, and more lives lost.”

21 Jan 2017 at 20:30

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Mark H Durkan welcomes reform of blood contamination payments

...Health Minister on the issue three times since July without reply. “The Health Minister has done well to keep pace with the NHS in England on this issue when so many other areas within our Health Service still lag behind their counterparts in Ireland...

22 Dec 2016 at 16:42

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Group presents petition to Health Minister calling for new legislation to protect mothers while breastfeeding in public

...social Care spending. She said: “Breastfeeding reduces incidence of diseases that are responsible for a significant bulk of NHS budget. Small reduction through breastfeeding, for example even two percent, would have a considerable economic impact on...

16 Nov 2016 at 11:40

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Derry children still at risk: Durkan renews call for extension of Men B vaccine

...his call for the British government today (the first anniversary of Bexsero’s introduction to all babies under 1 on the NHS), to extend the vaccine to all children who are at risk of contracting Men B, in particular under 5s. Mr Durkan helped to...

01 Sept 2016 at 12:55

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"I have a right as a mum not to want to wake up every day and the first thing on my to do list is to check my little boy is still breathing’

...Caldwell (pictured) suffers from severe epilepsy and has daily seizures, any one of which could end his life. With the NHS (National Health Service) unable to offer him any treatment, Billy's mother Charlotte has taken him from their home in...

20 Oct 2016 at 19:30

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Men B vaccine… one year on and millions of young chldren still at risk

...the world to introduce the revolutionary new meningococcal group B (Men B) vaccine, Bexsero to under year olds through the NHS. Despite this, more than one child a month may have contracted the deadly Men B infection and up to five children may have...

31 Aug 2016 at 15:49

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Derry health workers to strike today in row over pay

Health workers in Derry are to join other NHS workers across the North in a 12-hour strike from 9.00am today. Ambulance crews will join the stoppage from noon. It is the third stoppage by members of the GMB and Unite unions in a row over pay. In a...

29 Jan 2015 at 08:31

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'End delays' in introduction of Meningitis B vaccine - Durkan

...March last year, the British government said the new vaccine – Bexsero – would be given free to babies up to age one on the NHS, subject to price negotiations with developer Novartis. Mr Durkan (pictured above), who played a pivotal role in the...

23 Jan 2015 at 13:47

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