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‘Sustained funding’ needed for health services to meet needs of NI population

It is becoming increasingly difficult to deliver a health system that meets the needs of people in Northern Ireland with current resources, a conference in Belfast has been told. Department of Health permanent secretary Peter May said, without ...

25 Nov 2022 at 16:19

Northern Ireland

Health service faces £300m gap in ‘best case’ budget scenario, MLAs told

Stormont’s under-pressure health service is facing a minimum £300 million black hole in the coming year, MLAs have been warned. The £300 million shortfall is dependent on the Department of Health receiving the most generous budget settlement ...

15 Mar 2023 at 16:59

Northern Ireland

Winter health plan published with warning that patients will face delays

The health service in Northern Ireland will be operating over capacity through the winter, leading to patients facing delays for care, Department of Health permanent secretary Peter May has warned. Mr May made the comments as a winter plan ...

04 Oct 2023 at 15:47

Northern Ireland

Three-year extension to suicide prevention strategy announced

A suicide prevention strategy has been extended to the end of 2027 after a challenging budget and the coronavirus pandemic reportedly hampered its full delivery. The Protect Life 2 Strategy, aimed at preventing suicide and self-harm, was ...

05 Sept 2023 at 15:35

Northern Ireland

Health service ‘fixable’ but difficult choices lies ahead – senior civil servant

The senior civil servant running Northern Ireland’s under pressure health service has warned that difficult choices lie ahead amid ongoing budgetary uncertainty. Peter May, the permanent secretary at the Department of Health, insisted ...

18 Jan 2023 at 15:46

Northern Ireland

Extra health funding would be ‘consumed by pay and overspend pressures’

Any extra funding provided for health services in Northern Ireland would be mostly consumed by pay and overspend pressures, a senior Stormont civil servant has predicted. Peter May, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, ...

24 Nov 2023 at 21:01

Northern Ireland

Department approves plan to move all hospital births in Northern Trust to Antrim

A recommendation to consolidate all hospital births in the Northern Trust area at the Antrim Hospital site has been approved by the Department of Health. Department permanent secretary Peter May said he had taken the decision to ...

08 Jun 2023 at 13:00

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Hospital births to be moved from Causeway to Antrim

Expectant mothers will no longer give birth at Causeway Hospital as the Department of Health has approved the Northern Health and Social Care Trust recommendation to consolidate hospital births on the Antrim Hospital site. The ...

08 Jun 2023 at 13:00

Northern Ireland

‘Momentous day’ as Daithi’s Law takes effect in Northern Ireland

Most adults in Northern Ireland are now considered potential organ donors as Daithi’s Law has come into effect. The Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) legislation, named in honour of six-year-old Daithi Mac Gabhann, ...

01 Jun 2023 at 19:42

Northern Ireland

Health workers in Northern Ireland denied pay award amid budget cut fears

Health workers in Northern Ireland will not get a pay increase this year unless further funding is secured, a senior civil servant has said. Department of Health permanent secretary Peter May, who is running the region’s ...

22 May 2023 at 13:25

Northern Ireland

Daithi’s Law on organ donation to come into force in June

A new organ donation law for Northern Ireland will come into force at the start of June. From then, all adults in the region will be considered potential organ donors unless they choose to opt out or are in an excluded ...

01 Mar 2023 at 18:05

Northern Ireland

N Ireland motorcyclist, war veteran and public inquiry chairwoman honoured

One of the world’s most renowned road racers, an astrophysicist and the first woman to chair a public inquiry in Northern Ireland are among those being honoured by the King in his birthday honours. The region also has ...

13 Jun 2025 at 23:15

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