Recommendations from an expert panel into mother and baby homes need to be implemented urgently, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said. The panel has called for a public inquiry to be held into the institutions, as well as immediate redress payments made to those who were held in homes. Women have said they […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the launch of an investment in diagnostic services known as “Laboratory Information Management System” (LIMS). This will cover cancer and blood services as well as helping with demand arising from COVID-19. The South Belfast MLA stated: “I welcome this key investment to move our health service into […]
Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw has said the Autism Bill has “positive potential”, allowing outdated labels to be stripped away and addressing failings in the system in their place. The Alliance Party’s Health Spokesperson was speaking after the bill progressed to the next stage, adding it was long past time the lack of support and lack […]
No party should threaten to delay life-saving legislation by risking the future of the institutions, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said, as the Organ and Tissue Donation Bill passed its second stage in the Assembly. A majority of MLAs backed the latest stage of the legislation, which will see organ donation rules here […]
The Health Minister must convene a summit with doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to ensure surgical services can operate throughout the winter, as an initial step to tackling growing waiting lists, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said. “Alliance has been concerned about the mixed communications around school and further education re-opening, and […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said the Health Minister’s clarity on who will be offered booster vaccinations is welcome. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has advised booster vaccines should be offered to those more at risk from serious disease, and who were vaccinated during phase one of the vaccine programme. The […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has called for swift arrangements to be made to offer one dose of the Covid vaccine to school pupils aged 12 and over. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after news the UK chief medical officers approved offering one dose of the vaccine to everyone in the 12-15 age […]
Alliance Councillor Sorcha Eastwood has called for a meeting of the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council health working group to discuss the growing crisis in the health service in the area. Speculation has mounted Lagan Valley Hospital would be introducing a ‘phone first’ service, meaning anyone wishing to attend its emergency department would be encouraged […]
Alliance’s Education and Health spokespeople have asked for clarity from the Public Health Agency (PHA) on pupil testing and self-isolation, after significant difficulties across schools at the start of term. The party’s Education spokesperson, Chris Lyttle MLA, has written to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and PHA to attend tomorrow’s session of the Assembly’s Education […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said Northern Ireland should continue to prepare to offer vaccinations to all children aged 12 and over, after the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said that the risk from COVID to children aged 12 to 15 is marginally higher than that of taking the vaccine. The […]