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£17.7m allocated for pharmaceutical pressures as BSO publishes latest statistics

Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed June monitoring round allocations of funding for the health service. Mr Swann was speaking after the allocations we...

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Vaccination centres offering jabs to all adults

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination centres are now offering first dose appointments to everyone aged 18 and over, as part of the drive to get as many peop...

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Testing will help us get through testing times – Swann

Health Minister Robin Swann has set out all the ways testing can help keep people safe from COVID-19. “Alongside vaccination and contact tracing, testing is...

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Health Minister publishes Consultation Analysis Report on new Mental Health Strategy

Health Minister Robin Swann has published a Consultation Analysis Report on the Draft Mental Health Strategy, which itself was published in December. Welcom...

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Joint Chief Medical Officers’ statement on the evolving profile of COVID-19

The Chief Medical Officers in Northern Ireland and Ireland, Sir Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan, have been discussing the evolving profile of COVID-19 acro...

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COVID-19 – Latest Statistics Released

The Department of Health has today published the next in the series of weekly results from its COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS). The findings set out in this...

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Community pharmacy services can provide a ‘transformative solution’ for healthcare pressures: report

A new report by one of the UK’s top four accounting firms has concluded that the impact of community pharmacy in Northern Ireland over the last ten years and t...

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Minister unveils £700m plan for tackling waiting lists

Health Minister Robin Swann has launched a new Elective Care Framework for Northern Ireland, setting out a detailed roadmap for tackling hospital waiting lists...

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Alliance Healthcare Supports Vitamin Angels UK By Taking On A Colleague Cycle Challenge

Alliance Healthcare has been supporting Vitamin Angels and Vitamin Angels UK for several years. In recent months, fundraising has been difficult due to COVID-1...

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Health Minister visits Northern Ireland’s first community based Assisted Testing Site

Rapid COVID-19 Testing for those without symptoms will play a key role in helping us to recover from the pandemic, Health Minister Robin Swann has said. The...

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