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Leitrim community and voluntary groups to receive funding to ease cost of living pressures

Community-based and voluntary health and social care providers are being allocated funding on a once-off basis as part of Government measures to ease cost-of-living pressures. The Department of Health has worked with the HSE to finalise a scope and ...

20 Feb 2023 at 13:33

Poll suggests 41% of GP practices are limiting appointments

More than two-fifths of England’s GP practices are limiting appointments, a survey suggests. A poll by The Pulse magazine found 41% of 660 practices are limiting patient contacts to 25 per GP a day, which comes after family doctors voted ...

07 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Minister announces reimbursement scheme to help with hospital waiting lists

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has announced a package of initiatives to tackle hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland, including a reimbursement scheme. An initial £10 million will be invested in the scheme, allowing people to claim ...

06 May 2025 at 14:27

‘Postcode lottery’ of care for dying children – charity

A bereaved mother has implored the Prime Minister to act after she had to battle to get round-the-clock care at home for her son in his final days. Clare Buchanan’s son Oliver, 11, died from a brain tumour in 2023. She said she knew ...

28 Mar 2025 at 00:01

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

There is no extra money to cover industrial action by resident doctors, NHS trust leaders have warned. It comes amid “worrying demands” for “excessive rates” to provide cover for striking medics, NHS Providers said. The British ...

15 Jul 2025 at 18:06

Northern Ireland

National insurance hike will add £140m to health service pressures – Nesbitt

An increase in employers’ national insurance contributions has added £140 million to financial pressures in Northern Ireland’s health service, Mike Nesbitt has said. The Health Minister said the Department of Health would ...

13 May 2025 at 19:33

Northern Ireland

GP vote of no confidence in minister a ‘cry’ for renewed contract talks

A vote of no confidence in Stormont’s health minister by GPs is a “cry” to Mike Nesbitt to resume negotiations on funding general practice, a representative has said. The motion was passed by the British Medical ...

16 Nov 2025 at 14:41

Scotland

Social care ‘at breaking point’ with 30% rise in number waiting to be assessed

The number of people waiting to be assessed for social care is almost a third higher than it was a year ago, figures have revealed. Labour said the increase in people waiting for an assessment showed how ...

25 Nov 2025 at 13:10

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