Cegedim Healthcare Solutions is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Clarity Informatics (part of the Agilio Software Group), as part of its extended partner programme. The cooperation supports the expansion of Clarity Informatics within the UK, introducing TeamNet to Cegedim customers, a sharing, compliance, and workforce management platform for GP practices and practice groups. [...]

  MEMBER EVENT SATURDAY 29TH JANUARY 2022 SPONSORED BY BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW! We are delighted to be in a position to safely run our very popular member event at the end of this month for you as members. The event will FULLY comply with the current COVID restrictions, this will include mandatory face coverings, social distancing, [...]

Birmingham, UK. 07 January 2022. The PDA is encouraging pharmacy employers and pharmacists organisations to donate £1 per pharmacist employee or member to the Pharmacist Support charity and to collectively make a substantive difference to the charity's funding from 2022 onwards.Pharmacist Support is an independent, trusted charity, providing a wide variety of support services to pharmacists [...]

A cross-border European Union INTERREG VA funded partnership between the statutory sector and eight community-based hubs across Northern Ireland, the border counties of Ireland and the West of Scotland has made a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of 10,000 people. The CAWT Community Health Synchronisation (CoH-Sync) project received grant funding, totalling €5.01 million, [...]

More than one million rapid lateral flow tests have been delivered into Northern Ireland in the past 48 hours, with the additional tests reinforcing supplies available to the public. While there is currently very high demand for lateral flow tests across Northern Ireland, there is no shortage of tests. Rapid lateral flow tests are available [...]

Health Minister Robin Swann has congratulated health and social care staff who have been recognised in the New Year Honours list for 2022. There are a number of staff recognised across a variety of disciplines, including Health & Social Care Trusts, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, primary care and the Department of Health. People working [...]

We are encouraged by the EU’s statement on medicines availability in Northern Ireland, though of course we await the final outcome of the negotiations. We have been talking to the government, the MHRA and other stakeholders about these issues for months, highlighting the concerns of our members in Northern Ireland.   Earlier this year the [...]

Dr Tony Tham Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist in the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald  has received the President's Medal from the British Society of Gastroenterology at their recent virtual conference.  The British Society of Gastroenterology is the leading and biggest UK specialist society for the promotion of the treatment of digestive diseases focusing on research, education, quality, and [...]

Queen’s University Belfast are leading a £1.2m project to improve drug delivery for a range of illnesses. The grant, awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of the UK Research and Innovation, will accelerate the development of microarray patches to make them available to patients worldwide. Microarray patches offer practical solutions to [...]

Sometimes one does get what one wishes for, and then wishes they hadn’t. Despite his relatively young age, John McDaid, a young Gardaí officer, has risen to the rank of Detective Inspector in the serious crimes squad based in Dublin. But since his appointment, his workload has been relatively mundane and he’s itching to get [...]