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Woman launching legal challenge over waiting lists hopes case will help others

A woman taking a legal case against Northern Ireland’s health authorities after a five-year wait for a diagnosis say she hopes it will help all those struggling on spiralling waiting lists. Eileen Wilson, a mother-of-six who lives in east Belfast, ...

22 May 2022 at 12:07

Northern Ireland

Muckamore public inquiry chair says he hopes all witnesses will make statements

The chair of the public inquiry into allegations of abuse of patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Co Antrim has said he hopes all witnesses will agree to give statements. Tom Kark KC made the remarks as he explained why he was denying a ...

23 Nov 2022 at 12:50

Northern Ireland

Pre-school vaccination rates declining in Northern Ireland, report warns

There are 15,000 children in Northern Ireland who have not been fully vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella in the last seven years, a new Audit Office report has said. The report from Comptroller and Auditor General Dorinnia ...

05 May 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Neurologist to face new fitness to practise hearing

A neurologist at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients is to face a new public hearing over his fitness to practise. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has announced that a hearing into Dr ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:45

Northern Ireland

Coroner to probe deaths of patients treated by Dr Michael Watt

A coroner is to examine the hospital deaths of a number of patients who were treated by neurologist Dr Michael Watt. Coroner Joe McCrisken held a number of pre-inquest reviews at Laganside Courthouse on Monday, where he said he ...

22 Jan 2024 at 17:01

Northern Ireland

Almost a fifth of recalled patients of neurologist received ‘insecure diagnosis’

Almost a fifth of patients who attended recall appointments amid concerns about the work of a Belfast-based neurologist had received an “insecure diagnosis”, a review has found. Dr Michael Watt was at the centre of Northern ...

09 Jun 2022 at 16:34

Northern Ireland

Review of patients of Dr Michael Watt finds ‘significant failures’ in care

An expert review of the clinical records of 44 deceased patients who had been under the care of neurologist Dr Michael Watt has found there were “significant failures” in their treatment and care. Dr Watt, a former Belfast ...

29 Nov 2022 at 15:10

Northern Ireland

Fire safety inspection finds ‘substantial risk’ at two RVH wards

A fire safety inspection found a “substantial risk” at two wards in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has said. The minister has said the revelation will do “nothing to try and restore public ...

17 Jun 2025 at 15:58

Northern Ireland

Nesbitt not surprised if ‘devastating’ culture in RVH report repeated elsewhere

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has said he would not be surprised if “cultural issues” within the cardiac surgery unit in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) were replicated in other health settings across Northern ...

29 May 2025 at 16:48

Northern Ireland

Trust chairman cannot give date for opening of delayed maternity hospital

The chairman of the Belfast Health Trust has said he cannot give a date when the city’s delayed new maternity hospital will open. Ciaran Mulgrew said options continue to be assessed to resolve issues around the ...

01 Jun 2025 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Work to begin on delayed £671 million children’s hospital in Belfast

Work will begin on building a new children’s hospital in Belfast within days, it has been announced. The 10-floor facility will be located within Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital site. The new hospital was ...

19 Feb 2025 at 10:07

Works begins on new clinical research centre in Belfast

Work has begun on a new multi-million-pound clinical research centre in Belfast. The £64 million iREACH Health project, which is to create up to 1,000 direct and indirect jobs, is part of the Belfast ...

19 Feb 2025 at 16:35

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