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

Over 200 elderly and terminally ill patients died while awaiting discharge instead of dying at home, says Durkan

Public urged to attend Trust meetings from 6-13 May to address nurses' pay crisis and general Health Service shortfall of 12% in staffing

From this coming September boys aged 12-13 in NI can be vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers

Now possessing epilepsy drug Pregabalin or seizures/pain drug Gabapentin without prescription will be a criminal offence

Adrian McDaid and family from Magilligan raised £27,387 for Attnagelvin Haematology at a charity dancing event at the Europa Hotel, Belfast

NIAS ambulance technicians can now train for the foundation degree in Paramedic Science, including extensive work in-hospital

Dept of Health says it is focussing on 'need for transparency' and 'Duty of Candour' in relation to Hyponatraemia-Related deaths (IHRD)

Cancer Focus NI extends bra fitting service for women after breast surgery to rural areas, in association with The Pink Ladies

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