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NI man hails Belfast Trust's new guide to helping disabled patients navigate through hospital
Belfast Trust
"Being in a wheelchair, it’s great to be able to plan in advance how to get to somewhere on a route that is suitable to me, and the information on the AccessAble guides is key to my planning"
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'I'm living with progressive MS and took part in a world-first trial - here's why you should too'
Health
“Since I was diagnosed there’s not been any treatments available for me, so when I saw this trial was starting I thought ‘why not?’”
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How much each NI Health Trust spent on private appointments in past five years revealed
Health
Specific FOI exemptions highlight ongoing transparency challenges in fully accounting for the public funds directed to private healthcare
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Mum who suffered severe postnatal depression back calls for specialist NI mental health unit
Mental health
"Women urgently need to see a Mother and Baby Unit in Northern Ireland because I'm proof of what a difference it has made for me and my family"
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Trust to "review" request for NI boy denied new medicine to move care elsewhere
Real Life
Newry boy Alfie had been told he can't move care to Newcastle, where breakthrough new medicine is available
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Belfast 5G mast arsons leading to hospitals having difficulties contacting patients
Crime
PSNI issues warning in wake of latest attack on mast
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Hospital delay leaves six-year-old autistic girl convinced she is pregnant
Belfast Trust
While in the hospital, the Belfast child became convinced that she was pregnant and that she was in the hospital to have a baby
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NI boy denied breakthrough medicine now told he can't move to get it either
Health
The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug is available elsewhere in the UK but the Belfast Trust has opted against the early access programme
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Trust told to move 'at pace' as NHS decision looms for NI boy with rare condition
Health
Mum of Newry boy Alfie casts doubt on ability of NI health service to roll out new medicine, after Belfast Trust says no due to cost
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Therapy dog bringing joy to lives of children in Belfast hospital
Belfast Trust
"You can see that stress and worry just disappear"
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Belfast Trust statement on children's cancer treatments 'delays' amid nurse staffing issues
Belfast Trust
It follows a report that some children had chemotherapy treatment delayed due to a lack of specialist nurses available.
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NI mum on breastfeeding 'wild ride' and mums who were reason she kept going
Family
"I was really, really grateful for that help. It would have been very easy for me to give up on the journey, but I had that support there, that's the reason why I kept going."
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People in NI to be offered 'world first' Gonorrhoea vaccine from this weekend
Public Health Agency
Gonorrhoea diagnoses in NI have risen sharply since 2022
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PrEP: The drug being used to eradicate new HIV diagnoses in Northern Ireland by 2030
Health
We sat down with HIV Consultant Dr Carol Emerson to find out more about PrEP and how it is reducing the number of new diagnoses
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Trans healthcare in Northern Ireland receives 'long overdue' investment
Transgender community
The Health Minister announced that the Brackenburn Clinic will receive a significant investment.
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Belfast bonfire site inspection sees 20kgs of asbestos removed
Eleventh Night
Northern Ireland Environment Agency says "risk assessment that NIEA has provided to partners has consistently indicated that there was a strong possibility that fragments of asbestos could be elsewhere on the site"
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Belfast bonfire statement as PSNI make decision on intervention at controversial site
South Belfast
Tensions have been smouldering in recent days over the bonfire
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Belfast bonfire latest as DUP launches bid to stop removal
Eleventh Night
DUP says they "are standing up for the voices of local residents who feel ignored and disrespected by this heavy-handed approach"
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Concerns Belfast bonfire could put hospital electricity supply at risk
Eleventh Night
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt paid a “fact-finding visit to the site” on Tuesday
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Fixing Belfast Trust will take more than a change in personnel, say MLAs
Belfast Trust
This comes after Health Minister Mike Nesbitt sacked the chair of the Belfast Trust on Thursday
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South Belfast ambulance station facing closure gets temporary reprieve
Belfast South and Mid Down (Constituency)
Castlereagh South elected rep campaigning to keep Purdysburn ambulance station open
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Belfast's Royal Victoria Maternity Hospital facing fresh delay
Royal Victoria Hospital
Mike Nesbitt tells MLAs hospital is a "magnificent facility that is not in use”
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Belfast Royal Victoria Hospital wards face "substantial risk" of fire, MLAs told
Royal Victoria Hospital
Mike Nesbitt quizzed on Fire Service inspection at RVH
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Woman claims 'series of failures' led to elderly mother's death at Belfast hospital
Belfast Trust
Rachel Cripps has lodged a complaint with Belfast Trust following her mother's death
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