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Selecting Timmy Mallett over Tim Collins would have been a wiser move for the UUP

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has defended Colonel Tim Collins, his candidate for North Down in the upcoming general election, after a...

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You’re right Robin, it’s not about you, but it is about us and our health

Last Thursday the Ulster Unionist Party and its executive minister Robin Swann voted against the Northern Ireland Executive budget. The health...

29.04.2024 40

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‘When strong leadership was absolutely critical to rescue a system on the brink, we have been lumbered with interim appointment’

As widely predicted Robin Swann announced yesterday that when the General Election is called, he will step down as the Health Minister. At a time when...

22.04.2024 10

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Reform UK and the TUV deserve each other, but haven’t the rest of us suffered enough?

As though political unionism didn’t already have its troubles to seek, TUV leader Jim Allister has announced a formal partnership with Reform UK. He...

15.04.2024 10

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Deirdre Heenan: Continuity leader Robinson faces tough battle to hold divided DUP together

The anti-deal wing of the party could seize on this crisis as an opportunity to regain control of the political narrative

07.04.2024 4

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Red flag cancer referrals can never be delayed by new computer system again

Last week the BBC health correspondent, Marie Louise Connolly, reported that women waiting for their initial breast cancer assessment appointments...

01.04.2024 9

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Deirdre Heenan

The health dividend of peace: Cancer knows no borders

In the week leading up to St Patrick’s Day, a series of events took place in Washington to highlight the impact of the Belfast Good Friday...

18.03.2024 20

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We needed a cheerleader for our health and social care. With Robin Swann we’ve got a funeral director

Last week the new health minister Robin Swann gave a keynote address to the Royal College of GPs. The health and social care system is in turmoil,...

04.03.2024 10

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Deirdre Heenan

Is this Stormont executive up to the challenge of health and social care transformation?

The dust has settled on the restoration of the devolved institutions, and attention has quickly turned to delivery and how this new administration...

19.02.2024 30

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British government’s secret devolution deal sets dangerous precedent

The deal is done. The devolved institutions have been restored. There is cautious optimism that we can finally move on and address the priorities that...

05.02.2024 20

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DUP have run out of road and need to decide

I was in Stormont on Wednesday and witnessed the by-now familiar sight of our MLAs filing into the chamber and filing out again, unable to form a...

22.01.2024 7

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We can’t go on like this. Something has to give in GP crisis

The beginning of 2024 marked a watershed moment in the history of the NHS in the north, as Dr Tom Black opened the first hybrid public-private GP...

09.01.2024 7

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The lethality of loneliness

The Christmas advertisement for Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen, has become an internet sensation, touching the hearts of the thousands who have...

11.12.2023 20

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Deirdre Heenan: The lethality of loneliness

The Christmas advertisement for Charlie's Bar in Enniskillen, has become an internet sensation, touching the hearts of the thousands who have...

11.12.2023 20

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Deirdre Heenan: Rumours of a DUP split have been greatly exaggerated

Ignore the hype, the DUP is not about to split in two.

29.11.2023 20

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The DUP doesn't have a split personality and is slowing realising it needs to get back to Stormont

Ignore the hype, the DUP is not about to split in two.

27.11.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan: Free hospital parking will only make a bad situation worse

FREE hospital car parking is set to be introduced in Northern Ireland from May 2024.

13.11.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan

Free hospital parking will only make bad situation worse

FREE hospital car parking is set to be introduced in Northern Ireland from May 2024.

13.11.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan

Deirdre Heenan: This is the real reason that Brexit 'hard man' Steve Baker wants a border poll supermajority

The movie Being John Malkovich was released just over 20 years ago.

30.10.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan: For Jeffrey Donaldson, party unity is more important than the North’s citizens

Those who hoped the DUP leader’s speech to his party’s conference would show a willingness to set out a roadmap for a return to Stormont were left...

22.10.2023 6

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Long hospital waiting lists are symptom of a system in chaos

How long must we wait? Last week an Audit Office report noted an “alarming growth” in waiting lists for elective care in Northern Ireland.

16.10.2023 30

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Deirdre Heenan

Deirdre Heenan: Long hospital waiting lists are symptom of a system in chaos

How long must we wait? Last week an Audit Office report noted an “alarming growth” in waiting lists for elective care in Northern Ireland.

16.10.2023 30

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Deirdre Heenan: Time for DUP to start listening

Lord Paul Bew, former advisor to David Trimble and distinguished academic, has ruffled some unionist feathers by suggesting that the DUP’s...

04.10.2023 20

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Stormont farce to continue as long as British government strings DUP along

Change to Good Friday Agreement may be needed if power sharing is to return to the North

24.09.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan: A bunker mentality won't cure the problems in our hospitals or build public confidence

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19.09.2023 10

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A bunker mentality won't cure the problems in our hospitals or build public confidence

Last week the Department of Health published a blog penned by its director of communications, David Gordon.

18.09.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan

A bunker mentality in the department of health won't cure the problems in our hospitals or build public confidence

In a highly unusual move, last week the Department of Health published a blog penned by its director of communications, David Gordon.

18.09.2023 10

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Deirdre Heenan

Deirdre Heenan: A bunker mentality in the department of health won't cure the problems in our hospitals or build public confidence

In a highly unusual move, last week the Department of Health published a blog penned by its director of communications, David Gordon.

18.09.2023 10

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