Health

The people of Co. Derry helped more than 750 families living in some of the world’s poorest countries last year thanks to their support for Trócaire’s ‘Gifts of Love’.

A woman who sustained a brain injury in a crash in which her friend lost their life, has said taking part in the city’s weekly parkrun makes her feel more like her old self.

Mark H. Durkan, SDLP health spokesperson, is urging the Department of Health to back NICE recommendations on two cannabis-based medicines used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.

Nurses across the North are set to strike next month over a staffing and pay crisis.

Just two years after Derry’s long-term Strategic Growth Plan was published there has been significant progress on making the district a more “prosperous, sustainable and equitable” place for everyone.

The Air Ambulance NI team will be in Derry today to chat to Tesco, Strand Road customers and help raise funds for the service.

The first meeting of Derry and Strabane Council’s newly established welfare reform taskforce will take place this week.

Approximately 120 delegates attended an annual conference on health, wellbeing and homelessness in Derry last week.

Derry charities Liberty Consortium and The Rainbow Project have joined TV celebrity Scarlett Moffatt to help set a new world record for the largest ever cream tea party to celebrate the National Lottery’s 25th birthday.

The family of a local woman who passed away from cervical cancer when she was just 23 have welcomed news of a screening test which can be done at home.

Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Governance and Strategic Planning Committee have allocated £102,000 towards the creation of a greenway at Strathfoyle.

A local woman has been instrumental in the introduction of new guidelines for women who have been diagnosed with fibroids.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Northern Ireland has voted to go on strike for the first time in the union's 103 history.

SDLP Health Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said robust comprehensive support is needed for people diagnosed with diabetes and has urged everyone to familiarise themselves with the condition, this Diabetes Awareness Month.

The parents of a nine-year-old Derry girl who died from Hyponatremia have said they hope a new inquest will establish how their daughter died.

The PSNI is searching for the next of kin of a man who died in his home in Co. Derry last month.

Derry Sinn Féin is to host a 24-hour ‘futsal’ or ‘indoor football’ tournament in aid of local charities HURT and Foyle Search and Rescue.

An information video for new patients attending the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin has been launched by the Western Trust.

A Derry principal has developed a groundbreaking new school subject for pupils as part of a wider programme of initiatives to address mental health, self-esteem and self-awareness which she hopes will be rolled out across Northern Ireland.