09/03/2010Robinson backs No Smoking DayEast Antrim MLA Ken Robinson has backed the theme of ';Break Free'; which offers a positive message to those smokers striving to break the habit of nicotine.
04/03/2010Health visitors and school nurses at the heart of public healthUUP Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has launched a five year plan to modernise health visiting and school nursing.
03/03/2010New dental surgeries help fill the gap in TyronePeople throughout Tyrone will now have greater access to health service dentistry as three new practices open their doors.
24/02/2010New £9million mental health facilityUlster Unionist Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has said that a new £9million adolescent mental health facility will make a real difference to young people.
17/02/2010Grim truth of drug use cycleUlster Unionist Youth Development officer Kenny Donaldson has reacted to the news that children as young as 11 are selling drugs on Northern Ireland's streets according to grim figures revealed recently in the press.
02/02/2010Failed DUP motion nothing more than attack on the Health ServiceJohn McCallister MLA, Ulster Unionist Party Spokesperson for Health Social Services and Public Safety has accused Simon Hamilton and the DUP of yet again attacking the Health Service by proposing a Motion on efficiency savings which was resoundedly rejected by all other Parties in the Assembly.
28/01/2010Health must be exempt from cuts or we will all sufferUlster Unionist health committee member John McCallister has said that the Health Minister's plea to the committee to help him protect vital services ';must be heard by the Executive and the Assembly';.
- 27/01/2010Blood donation - the need is too great to ignore
Ulster Unionist health spokesperson, John McCallister MLA, has joined UUP MLA for South Antrim, Danny Kinahan, in calling for a cultural shift around blood donation - ';the need is too great, and too close to home, to ignore';.
22/01/2010Firework statistics show welcome declineUlster Unionist member of the Assembly Health Committee, Sam Gardiner MLA has welcomed a 'significant' fall in the number of firework injuries in recent years.
21/01/2010McGimpsey opens award-winning Health CentreUlster Unionist Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, officially opened the award-winning £10million Knockbreda Health & Care Centre, today.












