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Councillor wants to see NHS staff being given the 'freedom' of Derry for their work during the coronavirus pandemic

A local councillor is proposing that National Health Service (NHS) staff be given the 'freedom' award for the Derry City and Strabane District Council area. The rarely-given award has only ever previously been handed out to individuals. However, ...

05 May 2020 at 19:17

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Nurses and health service workers continue their strike

Nurses from across Derry have gone to the picket line today, in the second day of industrial action this week. They are demanding pay parity with England, Scotland and Wales and safer staffing levels. SDLP MLA Mark Durkan joined the picket line ...

10 Jan 2020 at 16:10

Northern Ireland

UK Covid infections rise above one million again

Covid-19 infections across the UK have risen above one million again, with levels increasing in England for the first time since mid-October, new figures show. The new Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures come alongside early signs ...

02 Dec 2022 at 15:34

Northern Ireland

Junior doctors’ strike ‘will lead to thousands of missed appointments’

A strike by junior doctors in Northern Ireland will lead to thousands of patients missing appointments and procedures, Health Minister Robin Swann has warned. In a written statement to the Assembly, Mr Swann said that disruption caused by ...

29 Feb 2024 at 14:38

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Derry News always first with the news

Maidin Mhaith. Here is the front page of today's Derry News. Ebrington Square events in doubt. Happy 75th birthday NHS: Interview with one of the first nurses to train in Altnagelvin. Derry's Ciara McChrystal on living with MS. Derry ...

20 Jul 2023 at 08:41

Northern Ireland

NHS will do all it can to ‘minimise harm’ during nursing strike, says leader

NHS hospitals will do all they can to “minimise harm to patients” if nurses go on strike, a national health leader has said, adding that industrial action is about more than pay. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS ...

10 Nov 2022 at 12:30

Northern Ireland

We should not let NHS ‘slip slowly away’, chief medical officer says

The NHS cannot be allowed to “slip slowly away”, Northern Ireland’s top doctor has said. Chief medical officer Professor Sir Michael McBride said staff who work in the health service in the region have a right to expect ...

30 Jun 2023 at 14:22

Northern Ireland

Strikes: Nurses’ union leader urges Government to ‘do the decent thing’

The head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has urged the Prime Minister to do the “decent thing” as thousands of nurses stage their second walkout over pay. Speaking on the picket line at the Royal Victoria ...

20 Dec 2022 at 09:13

Northern Ireland

Health minister apologises for ‘one-word answer’ to question on puberty blockers

Northern Ireland’s Health Minister has apologised after giving a one-word answer to a question about puberty blockers for children. Robin Swann was asked about a recent decision by NHS England that children ...

14 Mar 2024 at 17:00

Government stands firm over pay deal for nurses

Northern Ireland

Biggest strike in history of nursing taking place across the NHS

Downing Street has said there are “no plans” to look again at the pay deal for nurses who are staging their biggest ever strike in the history of the NHS. Number 10 and Health Secretary Steve Barclay stood ...

15 Dec 2022 at 20:10

Northern Ireland

2019 Tory manifesto: Where does it stand under another new prime minister?

The Conservatives’ 2019 general election manifesto promised to “get Brexit done” and “unleash Britain’s potential”. And while the party is nominally committed to the election-winning policy platform, it ...

24 Oct 2022 at 16:33

Derry News

“To hear that GPs are under performing, in my eyes, is nonsense.”

Anthony Murray, who was sadly recently diagnosed with bowel cancer, has said he has nothing but praise for his treatment from the NHS. The 56-year-old was urged by loved ones to go get checked and the ...

08 Nov 2021 at 13:46

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