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Women facing ‘postcode lottery’ over perinatal mental health …

WEBWOMEN experiencing postpartum psychosis and other severe perinatal mental health conditions are facing a postcode lottery for access to help, two years after …

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Mental Health Champion’s office “intentionally created” to lack …

WEBTHE Health Minister, Robin Swann, established the Mental Health Champion’s office with no legal power to take meaningful decisions. This is despite …

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Calls for Health Department to do more for refugee and asylum …

WEBOne of Northern Ireland’s largest trade unions has asked the Department of Health (DoH) to do “everything in its power” to allow medically qualified asylum seekers …

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Disparity in dementia diagnosis across Northern Ireland

WEBA survey carried out as part of a Department of Health performance review in 2005 found that less than half of all of the GPs surveyed thought they had enough …

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Consultant struck off register has decision quashed by High Court

WEBBy Niall McCracken. A SENIOR dentist at the centre of a major health scandal involving the recall of over 100 patients has had the decision to strike him off the …

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Families of loved ones with mental ill-health "left to fend for

WEBOversight. The Detail revealed in an article published in November 2019 that the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) doesn't regulate either …

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Son of Dr Watt patient who died in 2002 questions reliability of …

WEBTHE son of a deceased former patient of Dr Michael Watt has questioned multiple diagnoses his mother received in the final years of her life. Dr Watt, a former …

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Breastfeeding was not attempted in hospital for almost

WEBThe figures for totally breastfeeding at discharge range from as low as 13% (BT13) to a high of 68% (BT26) depending on the area. BT26 takes in affluent Hillsborough as well as …

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Northern Ireland’s first psychiatric mother and baby unit due to be

WEBTHE first in-patient psychiatric mother and baby unit for Northern Ireland is due to be confirmed within days, The Detail can reveal. It is understood the unit, aimed …

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Call for re-opening of residential healthcare facility at Maghaberry

WEBONE of Northern Ireland’s most senior forensic psychiatrists has called for a residential prison healthcare wing to be re-opened after a study found mentally unwell …

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South West Acute Hospital: Former doctors raise patient safety …

WEB“IT'S got such a poor reputation now that people don’t want to work there.” Former doctors at the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) in Co Fermanagh have …

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Women face 'bleeding and incontinence for years' as gynaecology …

WEBWOMEN are being left with heavy bleeding and incontinence for years as gynaecology waiting lists in Northern Ireland soar. The number of people waiting for an …

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What our public records tell us about mother and baby homes …

WEB13th November 1934: “In the maternity ward there were 12 girls, 8 babies and 5 private patients. There had been 16 confinements and 9 babies had been boarded …

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Dr Michael Watt: ‘Shocking’ report into deceased patients’ cases

WEBMORE than two-fifths of a sample of Dr Michael Watt’s deceased patients were given an insecure diagnosis, a report has found. The report, published today by the …

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'All our friends come here.' How a lunch club became a lifeline for …

WEBNorthern Ireland is more diverse than ever. Results from the 2021 Census show that minority ethnic groups account for 3.4% of the population, or 65,600 people.In …

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Mother and baby homes: the case for a public inquiry

WEBTHERE are growing calls from victims and campaigners for a public inquiry into Northern Ireland’s former mother and baby homes, with claims the findings would …

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Regulation in care homes: what does it take to act

WEBIT’S SUPPOSED to be at the heart of patient safety in our health and social care system, but an investigation by The Detail into policing of care homes by the …

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Belfast Trust chief ran joint clinic with Michael Watt

WEBDr Jack ran the joint clinic with Michael Watt from 2004 until 2007.

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