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Bowel cancer screening programme expanded in Northern Ireland (opens the original)
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More people in Northern Ireland will be offered bowel cancer screening under plans to significantly expand the home testing programme. The screening service is currently available to people aged between 60 and 74, external. But from November, 59 year olds will begin to be invited to take part, with the age limit gradually reducing until everyone aged 50 to 74 is eligible by 2031. In England, Scotland and Wales, external, people aged between 50 and 74 are already automatically sent a home screeni
Lee Gannon: Ambulance delay 'contributed to premature death' (opens the original)
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The sister of a man who died after waiting hours for an ambulance has said his family lives every day with a "heavy heart" in the knowledge that his death was preventable. Lee Gannon died at the Royal Victoria Hospital in February 2022 after experiencing breathing problems at his home in Belfast. A post-mortem examination found he died from lobar pneumonia - a severe bacterial infection. The 25-year-old's family called an ambulance but the call was not deemed as a Category 1 emergency and Lee di
NI health: Minister announces expert committee to review health services (opens the original)
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A new independent expert advisory committee is to review how services will be delivered across hospitals in Northern Ireland. Health minister Robbie Butler said the Reconfiguration Committee will provide him with advice on major or controversial proposals for permanent changes to health and social care services. It follows a major political and public row around the future of Emergency General Surgery at Causeway Hospital which triggered the resignation of Mike Nesbitt. Announcing the move on Th
NI health: Number of unnecessary heart procedures could be more than first thought (opens the original)
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Around 670 patients' records have been checked as part of an ongoing review by the Belfast Health Trust into the work of a cardiologist who fitted specialist heart devices between 2007 and 2023. In May, BBC News NI reported that more than 160 patients with advanced heart conditions may have undergone unnecessary procedures. The trust apologised and said the recall of patients was not ideal, but it would reassure those affected that the device was safe and reduce undue worry. It said patients tre
NI health: Trusts to announce 12% savings plan (opens the original)
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Northern Ireland's health and social care trusts have announced proposals on how they intend to make savings of up to 12% over three years. The Permanent Health Secretary, Mike Farrar, said health and social care in Northern Ireland is facing enormous challenges, with a current funding gap of £800m. Farrar said applying 4% efficiencies to the system each year for three years would initially impact staffing levels. Health unions have told BBC News NI they understand jobs will be affected as the t
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