Figures on waiting times within the NHS in Northern Ireland up to the end of March showed no improvement on previous data with Health Minister, Robin Swann, warning that things will get even worse saying “that the figures for the next quarter, when published, will make even more depressing reading.”
The Department of Health has failed to provide a reason for the delay in the roll out of GP spotter practices for Covid-19 to the Fermanagh area. The Impartial Reporter can reveal.
The majority of parents in Northern Ireland are happy to see their children return to school in September, or when the government deem it to be safe, a new survey has found.
A Fermanagh born GP has said that the public in this part of the country “are suffering more harm” because of “late interventions for none Covid patients” that what the virus itself has inflicted, while he has also criticised colleagues who he says have been “too keen to keep people away”.
The lowest number of Covid-19 related deaths in a week, since the end of March, has been recorded as the number of deaths have fallen for the third week in a row according to data released by the Northern Ireland Statistical Research Agency.
Phase two of a contact tracing programme is being rolled out across Northern Ireland, with all positive cases of Covid-19 now being contact traced.
The Northern Ireland Executive have taken the decision not to make any alterations to the current Covid-19 restrictions as the rate of transmission has increased over the past number of weeks.
In the past 24 days there has been only seven new positive cases of Covid-19 in the Fermanagh and Omagh District area, with the figure rising from 73 to 80 in that time.
The Health Minister, Robin Swann, announced today that Enniskillen would be the location for the fourth regional test centre for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, and will open later this week.
An anti viral drug, which has been shown to shorten the recovery time for Covid-19 has been made available to patients in Northern Ireland.
