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Nurosym can help you get a better night's sleep

What are Nurosym users saying about the wearable device?

Marc McKee, Founder of Renatus Collective Group, which has commissioned Beyond Weight Loss: A Patient Experience Study, conducted by Patient First Research, with the support of the British Obesity Society.

100 people in NI needed for major UK study into life after weight loss

Council was told the premises at 26 Killead Road provide all essential building requirements for the charity’s first residential centre in the province Pic: Google

Vacant guesthouse earmarked for use as a supported residential centre

Dr. Michael McBrien, Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, is made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle.

Belfast anaesthetist awarded MBE by The Princess Royal

Founded by Ulster University alumnus and CEO Dr Alan Kennedy, PulseAI's proprietary deep learning technology for advanced ECG analysis was developed in collaboration with research expertise from within the University

NI AI firm secures US approval for life-saving heart-monitoring technology

A funding boost of £40m agreed as part of a deal with GPs should make it easier to get appointments, the Health Minister says. Photo: Lightfield Studios - stock.adobe.com

New deal with GPs should make it easier to get appointments: Health Minister

Alliance Party deputy leader Eoin Tennyson wants to ban attempts to change someone's sexuality or 'gender identity'. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Stormont conversion bill is overwhelmingly rejected in public consultation

Jim Hunter, from Co Tyrone, far right, with stroke survivors at the Stroke Association's ice brain sculpture in London

'My whole character changed': NI stroke survivor's mental health battle

Ross Davidson, Partner in the Belfast office at Browne Jacobson

Belfast law firm advises on £615m sale of 55 care homes

Lisa McWilliams and Jade Jones

Olympic champion backs NI entrepreneur in multi-million-pound deal

Inpatient maternity services will now be moved from Newry to Craigavon from 23 November due to a shortage of consultants.

Legal action begins to halt Daisy Hill maternity move

Katie, a Home Instead Care Professional, is encouraging others to join the organisation’s recruitment drive and help support people living with dementia across Northern Ireland

'Recruiting 450 professionals': NI home care firm launches recruitment drive

People across Northern Ireland are being urged not to ignore their bowel screening test kits as the age at which they are first invited for screening is lowered to 59

‘Don’t ignore your test kit’: Bowel screening age lowered to 59

Plans for a new state-of-the-art leisure centre in Strabane have reached another important milestone with the submission of a planning application for the proposed development at the Canal Basin to Derry City and Strabane District Council

Multi-million Northern Ireland leisure centre plans reach planning stage

Inpatient maternity services will now be moved from Newry to Craigavon due to a shortage of consultants.

Trust Board confirms date to move inpatient maternity from Newry to Craigavon

Celine Doherty, commercial director with Josephine McShane, personal assistant to chief executive

'Forever grateful': Newry woman's cancer found at Re-Gen screening
Re-Gen marks five years of support for breast cancer awareness
Claire Cartmill & Daniel Mallon

Health Minister Robbie Butler announced the investment

New £1.95m investment to tackle endometriosis diagnosis delays

A homeless couple sleeping on a corner in Belfast city centre. Picture date: Friday August 9, 2024.

Lyons pressed to end deaths of 61 homeless people per year

Green Party councillor Lauren Kendall, who has completed what she hopes will be her final chemotherapy session after being diagnosed with stage three breast cancer

‘Very difficult days’: NI councillor’s moving tribute after cancer milestone

Under-18s in Northern Ireland are now banned from buying vapes and related products. Image: Stock copyright William Lailey/SWNS

Under-18s in Northern Ireland now banned from having vapes of any kind

Semichem launches new charity partnership with Air Ambulance NI. Pic credit: Damien McAnespie

Semichem takes off with Lisburn based charity Air Ambulance NI

Firework sales and use are tightly regulated, breaches of the law carrying hefty fines

Firework safety call as Halloween 'increase in preventable incidents' predicted

Andi Osho, who plays Sandra Cliff in Blue Lights, says she experienced vertigo, phantom smells and gritty eyes with menopause

Blue Lights actress reveals the hidden side of menopause

Caoimhe and Samantha help Elizabeth into her bespoke moulded wheelchair

New wheelchair opens up a world of possibilities for Elizabeth

Bangor man David McCauley with Kelly Lyttle, FH specialist nurse, South Eastern Trust

Bangor man's heart risk detected by test

Eddie Curtis from SOS Daisy Hill speaks to crowds in Newry on Sunday about the closure of maternity services. NM264370

College says Daisy Hill maternity crisis reflected across UK

Sue Warner won a bronze medal at the Invictus Games in 2016

Charity helps Sue ‘live well’ after nursing service in war zones
Remembrance Sunday will be particularly poignant for a former Royal Navy nurse living in Belfast this year – when she joins a 50-strong group to march past the Cenotaph in London.
Philip Bradfield

Hospital admissions for Covid in Northern Ireland have surged by over 50% since the Start of September – with ‘American Covid’ being blamed.

'American' Covid behind surge in Northern Ireland hospital admissions

Nurosym's earpiece has helped people relieve various symptoms

This unusual earpiece claims to help with anxiety, fatigue and pain

Eddie Curtis from SOS Daisy Hill speaks to crowds in Newry on Sunday about the closure of maternity services. NM264370

Trust still moving maternity services - mothers face two hour drive

Anyone guilty of trying to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity could be jailed under Eóin Tennyson's proposals.

Questions raised on conversion therapy legal advice given to MLAs in private

Kate Nicholl MLA, left, with Food Allergy NI members

Kate Nicholl: An allergy strategy is necessary in NI

Waiting times at Northern Ireland's emergency departments are worsening (photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Patients now waiting over twice as long to be treated in A&E than 10 years ago

Campaigners for the restoration of services at the South West Acute Hospital in County Fermanagh attend the High Court in Belfast this week

No decision on Enniskillen hospital without further consultation says Trust

Co Down woman Nicola Crymble has FATWO (female adnexal tumour of probable Wolffian origin), a cancer so rare that only around 150 cases have ever been recorded worldwide

NI mum turns to the world for help against her ultra‑rare cancer

SuperValu's applewood smoked salmon, smoked salmon, and prawn cocktail have been recalled due to contamination. Photo: FSA

Urgent food recall: Multiple Centra and Supervalu seafood products contaminated

Northern Trust Healthcare Assistant Eleanor Coulter, who is celebrating an extraordinary career milestone after five decades in the health service, pictured with Philip Dawson, Manager at the Roddens Residential Home in Ballymoney.

Praise for remarkable 50 years of service to the health service by Eleanor

Sylvie McDermott, chief operating officer, Phorest and Anne Beggs, chief commercial officer, Invest NI

Irish software platform company to create fully remote delivery team in NI

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has revealed that almost all its senior doctors – who run Northern Ireland’s Emergency Departments – are very worried about pressures they will face this winter.

Emergency Department doctors 'very concerned' about winter

In February supporters of Co Fermanagh campaigners Save Our Acute Services deliver letters to Stormont demanding the restoration of emergency surgery at South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Rural hospital campaigners across NI demand Stormont action

Castlerock Beach

Plans for a new lifeguard post at Castlerock beach

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Doctors to go on strike next month in pay dispute

Donaghadee woman and heart transplant recipient Valerie McIlveen pictured receiving the British Heart Foundation’s Outstanding Contribution Award for Northern Ireland from head of BHF NI Fearghal McKinney, in recognition of Valerie’s years of fundraising, volunteering and advocacy for people affected by cardiovascular disease

Valerie’s 20‑year fight ends in triumph as she wins top BHF award

Northern Ireland health giant Randox has signed a major multi-year partnership with British technology firm Valarian to strengthen the security and control of sensitive healthcare data. Pictured is Joseph Clifford, chief technical officer of Randox

NI health giant strikes major deal with British tech firm in boost to healthcare

Portglenone man Noel Williamson pictured after the 2025 Dublin Half Marathon outside Heart House in Dublin where he completed cardiac rehab after quadruple bypass surgery

Dead for four minutes: How Noel bounced back from heart 'terror'

Kaitlin Stothard from Bangor has shared her family story of her baby daughter Rosie as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week

‘Rosie was my first baby’: Mum’s tribute during Baby Loss Awareness Week

More than 14,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in five years in NI, data shows

More than 14,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in five years in NI, data shows

The PSNI asked retired Baptist Pastor Clive Johnston to leave the abortion clinic buffer zone in Coleraine on Sunday 7 July 2024.

Abortion buffer zone preacher to appear in Court of Appeal

Private healthcare provider Duality Healthcare is investing £250,000 in a new clinic in Holywood, creating 10 jobs across clinical and support roles. Pictured is Duality Healthcare's COO Sarah Marks and Nicola Herron, CMO, at the Holywood clinic

Private healthcare provider to open sixth NI clinic in £250k investment

Dame Mary Perkins presenting store owner Brian O’Kane with the Dame Mary Perkins Medal for Outstanding Customer Care. Credit: Rob Lacey Photographer

Magherafelt Specsavers team wins prestigious customer care award

Suzanne Wylie, chief executive, NI Chamber and Dr. Stuart Lutton, director, New Life Teeth

Belfast dental specialist becomes NI Chamber’s newest Patron

Nurses Sarah Donnelly (left) and Nicola Joyce on the picket line outside the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in 2022, as nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland took industrial action over pay. Picture date: Tuesday December 20, 2022.

Royal College of Nursing ballots members for strike action over pay award delays

David Burns has been appointed permanent chief executive of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Trust appoints Lisburn council chief as new CEO

The PSNI asked retired Baptist Pastor Clive Johnston to leave the abortion clinic buffer zone in Coleraine on Sunday 7 July 2024.

Retired pastor appeals conviction for abortion zone breach this week

Millicent Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on women's health, has announced a multimillion pound investment in its Larne manufacturing facility and the creation of over 20 new local high-quality jobs at its Larne facility. Pictured are Ryan Loughlin, senior vice-president of Millicent Pharma with Gillian Megaw, site quality head and Willis Millar, director of production with Christopher Brady, director of technical operations

Multi-million-pound expansion puts NI pharma firm on growth path

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