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- Sep 2, 2010
- Northern Ireland health Trust extends service reconfiguration consultation An eleventh-hour decision to give people more time to register their views on proposals that could radically reshape health services in Down District has been welcomed by campaigners.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Northern Ireland's elderly endure long waits for broken hip surgery A new report has revealed that elderly patients with fractured hips are waiting more than 48 hours for surgery at Northern Ireland's hospitals.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Northern Ireland's Substitute Prescribing Scheme data published The DHSSPS has published a Statistical Bulletin summarising the information collected on individuals referred to the Northern Ireland Substitute Prescribing Scheme (SPS), established in April 2004.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Northern Ireland Health Minister committed to tackling waiting times increase Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that a continued lack of funding had resulted in disappointing increases in waiting times.
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- Aug 31, 2010
- 260 births at Altnagelvin unit in six months More than 260 babies have been born at the new midwifery led unit at Altnagelvin Hospital since it opened six months ago.
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- Aug 26, 2010
- Release of Northern Ireland inpatient and outpatient hospital statistics for 2009/10 The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety have published the 2009/10 Inpatient and Outpatient Activity Hospital Statistics for Northern Ireland.
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- Aug 26, 2010
- Health Minister urged to review feared day centre closure Strabane District Council is expected to call on the Health Minister to review the feared closure of one of the town's oldest day centres for the disabled.
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- Aug 25, 2010
- Sunbeds campaign launched to heighten health risk awareness A new Northern Ireland campaign on sunbeds to communicate the long term health effects, including skin cancer and premature ageing was launched on the 24th August.
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- Aug 19, 2010
- Longer surgery waits loom in Northern Ireland as NHS cuts back on private ops Some of Northern Ireland's top doctors have warned that the days of patients enduring years of misery waiting for hospital treatments are on their way back.
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- Aug 19, 2010
- Northern Ireland's mental health hospital activity data published The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has published statistics on activity at mental health and learning disability hospitals within Northern Ireland during the year ending 31st March 2010.
