Health

Northern Ireland patient proves negative for Coronavirus

Department of Health confirms tests for the Belfast patient are negative for 2019 nCov, which means UK is still virus-free

Medical School in Derry is key to an NI cancer strategy - cancer patients have no time to wait for ministerial approval, says Mark H Durkan

Surgery hubs will now be opened for General Surgery and Endoscopy, Urology, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, ENT, Paediatrics and Neurology

NI to get its first NHS weight loss surgery centre offering gastric bands or gastric bypass procedures - at SW Acute Hospital Enniskillen

Western Trust had 798 attacks on nurses, 18 on doctors, 53 on other staff, out of NI total of 6,651 attacks in 2018

After a meeting with Marie Curie NI, Mark H Durkan praised elderly carers, who are under immense strain and must not be 'taken for granted'

Louise, Roisin, Tracy, Laura, Anne & Lynda from Piston Sisters charity bikers' club hand £570 to Altnagelvin's Kathy McBride and Cathy Grady

Workshop on loneliness and social isolation among older people hosted by Commissioner for Older People Eddie Lynch in Derry on Tue 26 March

Western Trust plans a Cityside Health and Care Centre at Fort George which will employ 500 people

Success awards for young people reared in care were presented at a special ceremony in the Guildhall last weekend

With 140 people in Northern Ireland awaiting transplants, Western Trust hopes people will 'have a heart' and take organ donor card this week