20/08/2010Robinson Praises Groundbreaking Test TrialsEast Antrim MLA Ken Robinson has praised the groundbreaking work being carried out by researchers at Queen's University Belfast and the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
09/08/2010Good news over free milkUlster Unionist MLA George Savage, member of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, has commended Prime Minister David Cameron on his commitment to retaining the free milk scheme for children under five.
04/08/2010McCallister welcomes ring fencing of HealthJohn McCallister MLA, Ulster Unionist Party Spokesperson for Health Social Services and Public Safety has welcomed the announcement made by Sammy Wilson MP, the Minister for Finance and Personnel, that Northern Ireland's Health Service will be ring fenced from further cuts this year.
03/08/2010Elliott urges support for new hospice in FermanaghUlster Unionist Assembly member for Fermanagh & South Tyrone has urged the general public to support the fundraising campaign by NI Hospice for the new centre which is currently under construction at Killadeas, Enniskillen and due to open in the New Year.
09/07/2010Addressing Legal HighsRoy Beggs MLA recently took the opportunity to press the First Minister, Peter Robinson MLA, on the work of the British-Irish Council in combating legal highs.
08/07/2010£3.95million centre will help children with learning disabilitiesUlster Unionist Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said a £3.95million facility will help children with learning disabilities have a better quality of life within their own communities.
01/07/2010Coulter backs cash moves on autismRev Dr Robert Coulter MBE, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and UUP Stormont Commissioner, has said additional funding is to be injected to boost services for people with autism.
30/06/2010Unhelpful and unnecessary criticism of autism working groupUlster Unionist health spokesperson, John McCallister MLA, has described a motion criticising the work of the Regional Autistic Spectrum Disorders Network Group as ';a wholly unnecessary distraction from genuine efforts to deliver on Northern Ireland's autism strategy';.
22/06/2010Visit to Macmillan CAB Welfare Rights ServiceMLAs from the Social Development Committee this week visited Belfast City Hospital to learn about the work that leading charity Macmillan Cancer Support is doing to alleviate the financial problems people affected by cancer face.
19/06/2010Attacks on staff are an attack on the health serviceUlster Unionist Health Minister Michael McGimpsey today said he was appalled that Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff have suffered four assaults in less than a week.













