Health

City Hospital will be first Nightingale Hospital in Northern Ireland

Belfast City's tower block will be NI's first Nightingale Hospital with 230 beds - surge plans also include expansion at Altnagelvin

Ballot of nurses to consider strike action begins today and is 'a crisis in the profession' says Mark H Durkan

In 'Hypo Awareness Week' public are urged to know the signs when a diabetic's sugar levels drop - and give them fizzy drink, sugar or sweets

Parents/carers can fill out survey to shape future educational framework here, says Mark H Durkan: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N8RZGD8

Western Trust seminars will show how using a handheld fan to cool cheeks, nose and mouth reduces feelings of breathlessness

Service during Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 Oct) to remember lost babies on Sunday 13 October at 3pm in Altnagelvin's MDEC Building

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to force Vertex to make cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi to be available at a price the NHS can afford

In April-June only 55.4% of patients urgently referred by their GP were seen by a cancer specialist within the 62 day target

The HPV vaccine will be given to boys for the first time - it helps protect both boys and girls from HPV infection and associated cancers

Autism NI is calling for autism training to qualify all teachers to deal with the one in thirty pupils in NI who are autistic

In the past year, nearly 3 out of 5 had quit at the end of the first 4 weeks - but it's easier, the older you get, says Department of Health