Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said the latest Ministerial statement on COVID-19 shows each of us has an earnest responsibility to combating the pandemic. Her comments came as the first coronavirus-related death in Northern Ireland was confirmed. The elderly male had an underlying medical condition. Health Minister Robin Swann later outlined plans to […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has cautioned that the burden already apparent on community pharmacists at the start of the coronavirus outbreak only reinforces the need for a proper package to secure their future. The South Belfast MLA said: “I have been alarmed by some of the information I have received from community pharmacists who […]
Speaking ahead of St Patrick’s Day, Alliance MLA for South Belfast Paula Bradshaw said: “It is highly regrettable that as St. Patrick’s Day approaches, the long-term residents of the Holylands area begin to experience a deep sense of dread. “What should be a time of celebration and festivity, has been quite the opposite for them […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has called for an assurance Public Health Agency information will remain fully clear and updated, and emphasised the coronavirus is a public health priority for everyone. The South Belfast MLA was speaking in the wake of a number of new cases of the virus being confirmed in Northern Ireland, […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said a major report into child health reinforces the need for action and reform in Northern Ireland. South Belfast MLA Ms Bradshaw was speaking after the release of the Child Health Report 2020 by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It warned the UK was lagging […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has welcomed the introduction of minimum-unit pricing for alcohol in Wales, and said that it reinforces the need for priority action in Northern Ireland. The South Belfast MLA stated: “With the introduction of minimum-unit pricing in Wales following that in Scotland, and with the legislation to introduce it already passed […]
Immediate and decisive action is needed to address health waiting lists here, Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has said. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after the publication of the latest waiting times by the Department of Health. She said tough decisions would need to be taken to improve the statistics. “There can be no […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said the Health Minister must heed the warning and take immediate action to avoid industrial action by community pharmacists, after they voted to press ahead with it as a last resort. The South Belfast MLA stated: “I have been standing with community pharmacists warning about the growing crisis […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the announcement by trade unions they have accepted new arrangements on safe staffing, alongside pay parity with the rest of the UK. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Unison and Unite agreed the way forward with the Department of Health, although NIPSA is continuing its industrial action. […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has said there are serious questions to answer in the Health Minister’s failure to grant full powers of public inquiry to the ongoing Independent Neurology Inquiry. The South Belfast MLA stated: “It was made clear at the outset of the Independent Neurology Inquiry, chaired by Brett Lockhart QC, that it […]