Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has said parties should engage in talks to find a swift solution on pay in the health sector. Industrial action is currently taking place by unions over pay and staffing. South Belfast MLA Ms Bradshaw said previous examples of all-party working could provide an example of how to resolve this […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has welcomed the ongoing work on removing the stigma around HIV, but expressed concern some people with the condition are still not coming forward because of stigmatisation in Northern Ireland. Ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday, December 1, the South Belfast MLA stated: “I would like to commend all […]
Alliance Councillor and General Election candidate for Upper Bann Eóin Tennyson has branded waiting times at Craigavon Area Hospital’s emergency department ‘appalling and unacceptable’. He was speaking after it was revealed that 83 patients had to wait more than 12 hours for treatment on Tuesday evening. Councillor Tennyson said: “Staff at Craigavon Area […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has welcomed the opening of the new Centre for Autism in Carryduff. The facility will offer specific rooms to help with everything from general wellbeing to training. Attending the opening, the South Belfast MLA stated: “The long awaited opening of the new Centre for Autism here in Carryduff is a […]
Alliance Councillors on Ards and North Down Council have called on the government to include the Northern Ireland Hospice in a £25 million funding package announced recently. Proposing a motion that Council writes to the government seeking the funding, Councillor Gillian Greer said: “Recently, government announced a £25 million package for hospices and palliative care […]
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has said nurses here voting to take strike action should shock the DUP and Sinn Féin into returning to the talks process immediately. Mr Lyttle was speaking after the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced nurses had voted overwhelmingly to strike over staffing numbers and pay disputes in a ballot which […]
Alliance representative Jackie Coade has welcomed news that the Orkambi drug to treat cystic fibrosis will be available in Northern Ireland. Jackie Coade said: “The news that Orkambi will be available in Northern Ireland can potentially change the lives of hundreds of families. “With my Alliance colleague Paula Bradshaw MLA I have campaigned hard to […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said the plans for new investment in GP services are welcome, but cautioned there is still a significant financial shortfall. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after the announcement of £26.76 million for GP services in Northern Ireland, including up to £18.17 million for the continuation of transformation […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) new campaign on safe nursing levels in NHS England, and warned many of the same issues apply to Northern Ireland. Speaking on World Patient Safety Day, the South Belfast MLA stated: “I welcome the RCN’s ongoing work on safe staffing levels […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson, Paula Bradshaw, has welcomed the Northern Ireland administration’s new suicide strategy, Protect Life 2, but warned the failure to form an Executive to take it forward will continue to leave this social emergency untouched. The South Belfast MLA said: “The suicide rate in Northern Ireland is appalling and constitutes a social emergency, […]