Regional News

175 pupils from St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel, and Aughnacloy College have recently benefitted from CPR training as part of Restart a Heart Day. Restart a Heart Day is an annual European [...]

According to findings recently published in The BMJ, taking ACE inhibitors puts you at an increased risk of lung cancer. The observational study by McGill University found links to the disease in [...]

An important landmark in the reorganisation of Northern Ireland hospital services has been reached, with the announcement of new regional centres for day surgery. From December, the new prototype [...]

The countdown to the 2019 Northern Ireland Pharmacy Conference – in partnership with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association – is officially on. We are all working hard – but are we working smart? [...]

The Department of Health has unveiled ‘Quarterly Carers’ Statistics for Northern Ireland (April – June 2018)’ – a publication of quarterly figures relating to assessments and re-assessments [...]

The Department of Health has published the ‘Children Adopted from Care in Northern Ireland 2017 / 18’. This bulletin details statistical information relating to children adopted from care during [...]

It’s last call for free entry to the Inspiring Innovation in Digital Health event in Belfast! The exhibition and masterclasses are aimed at anyone working in the health and care sectors where [...]

The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine has recently opened at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). The £32 million award-winning building, funded by Wellcome and the Wolfson [...]

Sadly, every week in Northern Ireland, four babies are stillborn or die in the first four weeks of their life. Thanks to a number of very generous donations, the Willow Suite has been developed [...]

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride, has made clear that suicide prevention remains a priority for the Department of Health, with new initiatives continuing to be implemented. Dr McBride [...]