Health

A&E pressures

24 hours in A&E: Altnagelvin sees 230 people, hospital at 104% capacity Kevin Mullan

Darren Bond

Stage Beyond star Darren's brave message on battling mental health Staff Reporter

Northern Ireland’s leading charity Versus Arthritis is supporting local people with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions with a special, free, physical activity taster day in Derry on March 31.

Derry people with arthritis offered free exercise and physical activity support Staff Reporter

Derry Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson.

Health pay agreement must include staff here Brendan McDaid

Altnagelvin

80 people in ‘extremely busy’ A&E with 46 awaiting beds in general hospital Kevin Mullan

Christine refilling containers at Ethical Weigh.

Derry woman shares how 'going green' is harder than it looks Daire Ní Chanáin

Many dogs still love the chance to go out on adventures during the colder months (photo: Adobe)

Protect your pets from the frosty winter chills Nigel Booth

Spaying pets helps to protect them from infection (photo: Adobe)

Spaying protects pets from serious infection Nigel Booth

The flooded laneway at Lisfannon Park.

'Human waste' reportedly found in flooded laneway in Derry Brendan McDaid

Shantallow Health Centre.

Bridge Street & Racecourse patients 'will have access to GPs' Derry reps told Gillian Anderson

Dr. Tom Black

Doctor strike ballot possible Kevin Mullan

Letterkenny University Hospital.

'Record number' of patients attend ED at Letterkenny University Hospital Laura Glenn

How will you divide your outside space up into zones? (photo: Adobe)

Importance of outside space for mental health Rachel Smith

NWRC's Strand Road Campus.

Vaccines roll out for teenagers who missed them during COVID Brendan McDaid

Mairead Devine Stewart, Stacey Murray, Jackie McGee. North West Cancer Centre Clinical Trials Nursing Team

44 photographs of WHSCT workers during International Women’s Day celebrations Kevin Mullan

The future of two Derry GP practices remain uncertain.

Health Dept. planning group to brief councillors on GP practices Kevin Mullan

More than half of vets (52 per cent) said the number of clients reporting difficulty covering the cost of preventative veterinary care for their animal had increased compared to 2021 (photo: Adobe)

Vet concerns as one in five pets not receiving veterinary treatment in time Nigel Booth

Templemore Sports Complex swimming baths.

Derry Council coaching pay rate increases to £20 an hour Gillian Anderson

Covid-19 related deaths and excess deaths as proportion of average deaths, by Local Government District, March 2020 to December 2022

314 excess deaths & 344 COVID-19 deaths in Derry/Strabane during pandemic: NISRA Kevin Mullan

Launching the Western Trust Recovery College Spring 2023 Prospectus from left to right are: Sharon Vaughan, Peer Volunteer; Bernadette Donaghy; Lead Peer Educator; Mark Hunter, Respite Team Manager; Pauline Travers, Primary Care Liaison Service; Yvonne Cairns, Recovery College Coordinator; Melanie Patrick, Peer Volunteer; Brona Dyson, Mental Health Nurse and Simone McAleer, Peer Volunteer.

Derry Recovery College launches Spring prospectus Daire Ní Chanáin

Dr. Manal Mahdi

North West Migrants Forum hosting women’s health workshop with Dr. Manal Mahdi Kevin Mullan

George Millar.

Derry man with COPD shares his recent positive experience at Foyle Hospice Staff Reporter

Midwives have voted in favour of industrial action. This comes after other health professionals, including the Royal College of Nurses, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, took part in industrial action recently. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

Midwives in Northern Ireland vote yes to industrial action Brendan McDaid

Midwives have voted in favour of industrial action. This comes after other health professionals, including the Royal College of Nurses, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, took part in industrial action recently. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

Midwives in Northern Ireland vote yes to industrial action Brendan McDaid

Covid vaccinations. (File picture) Photo Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press

Spring COVID-19 vaccines confirmed for people at higher risk Brendan McDaid

Derry entrepreneur Susan.

Life-saving inhaler nets Susan a Women in Innovation Award Gillian Anderson

Dogs need their teeth brushing regularly to keep them healthy (photo: Adobe)

How to brush dogs teeth for healthy fresh mouth Nigel Booth

Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. (File picture)

Man who squared up to A&E nurse ordered to pay 'hefty compensation' Staff Reporter

Carndonagh Hospital.

Questions raised over vacant beds at Carndonagh hospital Laura Glenn

SDLP Councillor Brian Tierney.

Vicki's story: Council calls on Western Trust to implement findings Gillian Anderson

Councillor Gerry Crawford asked for measures to be put in place to ensure a 'faster way for young children to be accessed and get to see an appropriate Medical Professional in ED' at Letterkenny University Hospital.

Letterkenny hospital reviewing access pathways for child patients Laura Glenn

Striking Roads Services workers picket the Depart for Infrastructure Woodburn Roads depot on Crescent Road on Wednesday morning. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2310GS – 15

Bonus system ‘went out with the shirt factories’ Brendan McDaid

Altnagelvin A&E

Almost 100 in Altnagelvin A&E with 39 ‘very sick’ in need of beds Kevin Mullan

Trade unionists form up ahead of the Save Our NHS rally on Saturday.

Rally hears of health system in crisis and vows to fight ‘NHS destruction' Kevin Mullan

Ellen Moore and Eddie Moore at a previous rally.

'I feel like I have to fight back even when I'm tired, or sick, or sore' Brendan McDaid

Aoife Boyle with her mum Tanya.

Derry woman 'lucky to be alive' after seven cardiac arrests Daire Ní Chanáin

Tuesday's rally in Guildhall Square. A further demonstration will take place on Saturday.

Derry Trades Union Council urges support for Save Our NHS rally Kevin Mullan

Student Katie McArthur, Lisneal College, and Megan Cairns, Foyle College, pictured with Mayor Sandra Duffy during a break in their treadmill marathon in aid of Cancer Research UK, at the school on Wednesday morning. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2308GS – 95

Megan and Katie take on marathon cancer fundraiser in memory of loved ones Kevin Mullan

Dáithí MacGabhann and his father Máirtín

Eastwood raises people in Derry waiting 8 years to see consultant Kevin Mullan

Western Trust Breast Screening Service Team pictured at the Guildhall Derry, from left to right: Dr Paul Farry, Clinical Lead Radiologist; Leoni Cooke, Hannah Langan and Rhea McDermott, Breast Screening Unit staff.

Western Trust Launches Breast Cancer Screening Service Appointment App Staff Reporter

Altnagelvin

£9.04m spent by Western Trust on private health care; an eight-fold increase Kevin Mullan

Keith Swerdlick.

‘I didn’t take heed of that stigma around ‘hospice’ Staff Reporter

People BEfore Profit Councillor Maeve O'Neill pictured previously.

People in poverty presenting with malnutrition – Derry Colr. Gillian Anderson

Teachers' unions members and supporters hold a strike rally in Guildhall Square on Tuesday morning. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2308GS 69

Derry strike rally hears cuts are ‘amputations’ to ‘already bleeding system’ Kevin Mullan