Health

Ambulance service in crisis due to lack of manpower

Derry's ambulance team was 14 crews short last weekend and had to recruit help from Donegal - the problem is ongoing, says Mark H Durkan

EU funding through Antrim's CAWT will allow the Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum to set up a Health and Wellbeing Hub in Derry

Most toddlers drown at home - so never leave a child unattended in a bath or paddling pool, and think about filling in that garden pond

Mark H Durkan welcomes expert panel on medicinal cannabis in England but we must also lead to ensure children can be treated at home in NI

Council has been selected by Carnegie UK Trust for a 2.5 year project aimed at promoting wellbeing through the Community Planning Process

Mark H Durkan calls for pay increases for NI health workers as NHS workers in Britain are to receive 6.5% pay rise over 3 years

Aideen Cooney and Ciara McCloskey now offer specialist help to new mums suffering postnatal depression or simply having difficulty coping

NWRC science students Carole Dowds and Jawaria Waseem have developed a painkiller patch for transdermal administration of drugs to toddlers

NI's 20,000 dementia sufferers are predicted to number 60,000 in 33 years - Western Trust is preparing with intensive dementia training

NI populaton over 65 will grow by 25% by 2026 and over 85s by 40%, says statistics agency NISRA

SDLP calls for PIP payments as in Scotland: for those with 2 years left to live, rather than 6 months as is currently the case