Department of Health

UUP Councillor for Slieve Gullion, David Taylor.

Taylor outlines disappointment at transfer of Daisy Hill Maternity Services

Thousands of residents from Newry and the surrounding areas took to the streets last week to protest the decision to remove the Maternity Services out of Daisy Hill Hospital. Pic: Liz Boyle

UNISON demands credible plan to return Maternity Services to Daisy Hill

Paddy Loughran, Liz Cuddy, Minister Mike Nesbitt and Bridget Lynch.

Hospice grant boost as Minister pays visit

Number of people on an outpatient waitlist with the SHSCT

Southern Trust under pressure as outpatient waiting lists surge

Daisy Hill Hospital.

McNulty advocates for Daisy Hill at Southern Trust meeting

Southern HSC Trust deputy chief executive and director of Finance, Procurement & Estates, Catherine Teggart. Credit; Southern HSC Trust

Southern Trust remained within budget in 2024/25, board told

Justin McNulty MLA. Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

McNulty calls for urgent action to address parking pressures at hospitals

SDLP MLA for South Down, Mr Colin McGrath.

McGrath: We Can’t ignore patients being treated in hospital corridors

Justin McNulty MLA. Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

McNulty calls for Daisy Hill to play pivotal role in cross-border healthcare

Oonagh McClure, Northern Ireland representative of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

New law needed so medics are honest when treatment goes wrong in Northern Irelan...

Justin McNulty MLA. Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

McNulty: Health service inequalities in Newry ‘unacceptable’

Justin McNulty MLA. Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

McNulty: Department of Health needs to take local views on board

Daisy Hill Hospital.

Reconfigurations will have ‘significant and negative impacts’: SOS Daisy Hill

Colin McGrath MLA. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

McGrath: Huge job ahead for new Health Permanent Secretary

Cllr Killian Feehan (SDLP).

Daisy Hill’s general hospital designation ‘a downgrade’

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'Political context' concerns over cross-border status for Daisy Hill motion

Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry.

Newry resident to take consultation review

Acting chief executive of the Southern HSC Trust, Colm McCafferty. Credit: Southern HSC Trust

‘Storm ready’ Southern Trust staff praised

Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry.

McNulty calls for Newry consultation on hospital plans

Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Michael McBride and Mark O’Kane, pharmacist at Woodbourne Pharmacy.

Department urges eligible people to get winter flu vaccine

Daisy Hill Hospital

Public event in Armagh on consultation on hospital reconfiguration framework

Liz Kimmins MLA.

Public health proposals 'not fit for purpose' – Kimmins

Daisy Hill Hospital.

Trust explains decision to divert maternity services from Daisy Hill at weekend

Minister Mike Nesbitt with Sister Laura Murphy, Trauma and Orthopaedics Clinic Manager.

Health Minister visits new Trauma and Orthopaedic Clinic at Daisy Hill Hospital

SOS Daisy Hill Commttee members with Health Minister Mike Nesbitt.

SOS Daisy Hill members hold meeting with Health Minister
Representatives from the SOS Daisy Hill Hospital committee met with the Health Minister Mike Nesbitt and his senior officials at Daisy Hill Hospital on Wednesda...

Sinn Féin election candidate Dáire Hughes and Liz Kimmins MLA.

Positive news as Daisy Hill performs increased number of elective procedures

Concerns have been raised about the number of people who have prediabetes in the Southern Trust.

Southern Trust’s prediabetes population reaches nearly 18,000

Newry Mourne and Down District Council's offices in Newry.

NMD Council urges cancer strategy budget from Stormont

Kilkeel Medical Practice

Southern Trust to continue to manage Kilkeel Medical Practice on temporary basis

Professor Lourda Geoghegan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer.

New measles cases in Northern Ireland likely, Department of Health says

Prof. Michael McBride N.I. Chief Medical Officer visits the Well-Bean Cafe back row l-r Kiera Lavery Unscheduled Care Lead Southern Trust, Eoin Duffy Chair PIPS Hope and Support, Colin Loughran Manager Action Mental Health New Horizons, front row l-r Chris Clarke Manager N.I. Ambulance Service, Seamus McCabe CEO PIPS Hope and Support, Prof Michael McBride and Ryan Duffy PSNI. INNR0419

Well-Bean Café hailed as ‘exemplary initiative’ by CMO

Francis Gallagher, SOS Daisy Hill Committee chairman.

SOS campaigner tells Trust board: ‘Bring more services back to Daisy Hill’

Further disruption is expected on Thursday due to strike action. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Public told 'not to travel unless essential' on Thursday

Francis Gallagher, SOS Daisy Hill Committee chairman.

SOS Daisy Hill to take Judicial Reviews over emergency general surgery decision

Daisy Hill Hospital

Health chiefs warn of disruption ‘on a scale not experienced'

Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry.

Council calls for urgent meeting with Chief Executive of Southern Trust followin...

Justin McNulty MLA

McNulty calls on Sinn Fein to take Health Ministry and reverse Daisy Hill decisi...

The Southern Trust's Medical Director, Dr Stephen Austin.

Southern Trust acknowledge concerns but ‘we must always prioritise quali...

Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. Picture: Philip Magowan / PressEye

Daisy Hill decision comes as 'no surprise' but is 'regrettable: Future Group

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Actress Susan Lynch has thrown her support behind a campaign calling for a new arts facility in Newry to retain the name of acclaimed theatre director Sean Hollywood.

Actress Susan Lynch supports arts centre petition

DUP MLAs Diane Dodds, Diane Forsythe and Gareth Wilson addressed the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Board on Tuesday morning.

DUP MLAs press Southern Trust over Daisy Hill maternity withdrawal

Giulia Frau, Eddie McKeever, Catherine Ashman - Portrait

The Meridian brings stellar hospitality experience to Armagh

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