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Roseena Toner, centre, with friends, family and Donegal elected representatives in Buncrana.

Watch: Donegal cancer patient pleads for better cancer services

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Additional £7.1m for direct payments ‘not enough’ says Derry MLA

Water damaged kitchen of a residential property in Ivey Mead, Ardmore, after the heavy rain and flooding over the weekend. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2230GS – 011

Over 450 requests for help in Derry and Strabane after recent flooding

Little Patrick.

Derry mum raising funds to support life-changing trip to US for little Patrick

Mesothelioma is a cancer mainly affecting the lungs.

247 asbestosis hospitalisations in Western Trust

Thousands of children waiting for therapy in Western Trust

Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin

Almost 25,000 waiting over a year to see consultant

Robin Swann.

Staffing issues see children gastro service suspended

Post-COVID-syndrome or ‘long-COVID’ manifests in a range of symptoms.

Over 200 waiting for ‘long-COVID’ checks

Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.

907 car parking fines issued at WHSCT this year with 469 fines at Altnagelvin

Robin Swann

Health Minister reveals plans to cut hospital waiting lists

Health Minister Robin Swann during a press conference in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast.

Two years On: Robin Swann reflects on being Health Minister of Northern Ireland

Minister Robin Swann (centre) and Professor Young with the Chair of the Northern Ireland Rare Diseases Partnership, Rhoda Walker.

Health Minister launches “far-reaching” Rare Diseases Action Plan

Photo issued by Press Eye of Health Minister Robin Swann during a press conference in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast.

Health Minister urges public to make New Year’s Eve as safe as possible

Colum Eastwood

Colum Eastwood urges COVID booster uptake ahead of post-Christmas omicron surge

Ciara Gilliland and her son Ben

MLA Daniel McCrossan calls on Health Minister to find a care home for Strabane t...
SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan has called on the Health Minister Robin Swann to ensure Strabane teenager Ben is placed in a suitable care home close to his family.

Ciara Gilliland and her son Ben

Desperate Strabane mother calls on government to find home for disabled son

DUP Alderman Maurice Devenney

Emergency Department closures 'a real possibility'

Sinn Féin’s Sandra Duffy welcomes plans to ban smoking in cars

Colum Eastwood

Colum Eastwood calls for COVID-19 vaccine passes for pubs, clubs and restaurants

Pictured launching the Pharmacy Collect service for rapid COVID-19 tests are (L-R) Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Cathy Harrison; Health Minister Robin Swann; Pharmacist Ryan McCullough, and Vice-Chair of Community Pharmacy NI, Peter Rice. Picture: Michael Cooper

Free Covid test kits now available at pharmacies in Derry, Strabane & Limavady

People Before Profit Councillor Maeve O'Neill.

Gender identity clinic waiting lists in the north ‘need to be addressed’

Harry McCrory (Engineering Manager at Northwest Medical) with Health Minister Robin Swann at the firm’s manufacturing HQ in Campsie.

Robin Swann opens PPE manufacturing facility outside Derry

Concern over Derry GPs’ high patient numbers

Matt Hancock.

Matt Hancock resigns as UK Health Minister admitting he broke covid guidance

Paul Givan, Michelle O’Neill and Robin Swann welcomed campaigners Dáithí, Maírtín and Seph Mac Gabhann to Stormont Castle.

Opt-out organ donation in Northern Ireland a step closer ; Little Dáithi meets M...

NHS waiting lists are only going to get worse without urgent action.

NHS waiting lists are ‘astronomical’; this cannot go on - we must act now
NHS waiting lists, says Dr Tom Black, are only going to get worse without urgent action.

Health Minister Robin Swann

Robin Swann implementing cross-border health scheme to plug post-Brexit loss of ...

Health Minister Robin Swann with the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Childminder Association (NICMA), Patricia Lewsley-Mooney and childminder Joan Boyd with Henry and Margo

Testing a ‘crucial element’ in Covid response

Tamzin White meeting with Health Minister today on detox centre

Altnagelvin

Increased visiting in health and social care settings from Friday

Tamzin White pictured with her mother, Louise, father James and sisters Farrah and Lola May and on right: the late Louise O'Doherty White.

Health Minister to meet with Derry detox centre campaigner Tamzin White

There is no option to pick and choose which vaccines you are administered with (Photo: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

This is why you can’t choose which Covid vaccine you receive

Health Minister, Robin Swann. (Photo: Pacemaker)

'Definitive dates will come' says Health Minister Robin Swann

Tamzin White, (left) pictured with her late mother Louise, father James and two younger sisters, Farrah and Lola-May.

Health Minister cannot meet Derry detox centre campaigner due to diary ‘pressure...

Minister for Health Robin Swann.

COVID Vaccine: All carers aged 18 and over can now book at Foyle Arena in Derry

People travelling abroad will more than likely have to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before they can enter specific countries.

Vaccine 'passports' on the way for NI travellers

Tamzin, (left) pictured with her mother Louise, sisters Farrah and Lola-May and her father, James.

Derry teenager seeks meeting with Health Minister in campaign for detox centre

Sinn Fein Councillor Sandra Duffy

‘Support for healthcare staff needed urgently’ - Colr. Duffy

Dr Tom Black.

Doctors’ leaders share concerns ahead of infection peak

Sinn Fein ask for clarity on changes to vaccine rollout

(left to right) 100-year-old Ethel Sinclair, with care staff Cathy Lacey and Lauren Adams, who was among residents to receive the coronavirus vaccine at Bradley Manor care home in north Belfast.

New advice issued on visiting care homes over Christmas

Minister for Health Robin Swann

Swann: Follow the ‘three wise moves’ this Christmas

Carlisle Road Christmas lights on Sunday evening last. DER2048GS - 005

Aggressive new COVID strain in England - People here urged to be vigilant

Health Minister Robin Swann (pictured) will deliver a paper to the NI Executive tomorrow.

Health Minister refuses to rule out need for pre-Christmas Covid-19 intervention

Belfast city centre on Friday afternoon after some restriction measures were lifted.

Third NI 'circuit breaker' lockdown on December 28 a possibility

Health Minister Robin Swann. (PressEye)

COVID-19 vaccine ; First batch has arrived in Northern Ireland - roll out to beg...

Mark H Durkan.

‘Why close gyms?’ - Durkan questions rationale of including fitness suites in CO...

From top to bottom: Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael McBride, First Minister Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister, Michelle O'Neill and Health Minister, Robin Swann.

New lockdown measures to be imposed within days - NI Executive to be told act no...

Matt Hancock says he ‘cannot rule out’ the possibility of mandatory Covid vaccin...

Sinn Féin Councillor Sandra Duffy

‘Shortages in flu vaccine are concerning’

Even with a two week extension there is no guarantee a third intervention can be avoided in Northern Ireland before Christmas.

Need for THIRD NI-wide intervention before Christmas if Executive fail to reach ...

First Minister, Arlene Foster.

DUP deploy veto a second time to block Robin Swann’s new Covid-19 proposals

Sinn Fein councillor Sandra Duffy.

Call for abolition of hospital car parking charges

Health Minister Robin Swann (left), Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Ian Young (centre) and Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride during a press conference in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, on the latest coronavirus situation. (Photo: PA Wire)

Coronavirus NI - Patients admitted to hospital during second wave WILL be more l...