Paula Bradshaw MLA has said figures showing more than 1,000 woman travelled from here to Britain last year to access abortion services “brings shame on Northern Ireland” and demonstrated the need to solve rather than export abortion. Figures from the UK Department of Health showed 1,014 women with addresses here made the journey in 2019, […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has pressed the Health Minister for details on how his Department will ensure GP services are fully up running to meet the backlog and ongoing demands on primary care as Covid-19 Centres continue to operate. Speaking as the Minister outlined the beginnings of a recovery plan in the Assembly […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw has described those who left a bomb on the Lisburn Road as utterly callous. Ms Bradshaw stated: “It defies belief that anyone would be so utterly callous as to leave a bomb on a major thoroughfare, where it could have caused death and injury. “Those involved in such heinous […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has warned chaos over re-openings of dentists in England shows support is needed to enable them to operate fully in Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week dentists in England would reopen from Monday but a recent survey showed only just over a third are planning to […]
Those who brought an Assembly motion and amendment on abortion are calling into question the professional judgement of our medical workforce, Paula Bradshaw MLA has said. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after the Assembly narrowly passed a DUP motion on abortion legislation in Northern Ireland. A proposed Sinn Féin amendment to the motion failed. […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed a commitment from the Health Minister to learn lessons from the impact of the coronavirus crisis on care homes. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after Robin Swann announced a £11.7 million financial package for the sector, including funding for sick pay for staff. He added work […]
Tackling rising waiting lists in Northern Ireland needs to receive the same sense of urgency and focus as the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said. Ms Bradshaw was speaking after the publication of the latest quarterly waiting lists statistics from the Department of Health. They showed waiting times […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the announcement nurses will not lose pay from strikes over safe staffing. Finance Minister Conor Murphy announced today (Tuesday) £1.6 million would be made available to health staff, to ensure they did not suffer a financial loss as a result of the strike action held earlier this […]
lliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the publication of the Mental Health Action Plan by the Department of Health. The plan contains 38 actions, including a commitment to produce a mental health strategy and actions for dealing with the response to the COVID-19 crisis. “Never has such an action plan, setting out commitments […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has warned that the Health Minister must put a precise timeline on testing plans in care homes. The South Belfast MLA stated: “No one is suggesting the Minister has an easy job at present, but he needs to recognise that serious mistakes have been made with regard to care homes, […]