Short-sighted NI kids treated differently to the rest of the UK
Optometry NI chair says rules stopping children from paying for special short-sightedness treatment using NHS vouchers should change.
Health
Hospital pays out after bacteria-linked deaths
Nine families receive compensation after the outbreak linked to a Cambridge-based hospital.
Bindi Irwin says she was made to feel ‘ashamed’ of endometriosis pain
Her story has reignited conversations about the condition that affects about one in ten women.
More weight-loss drugs could be offered as part of new diabetes care
Diabetes patients should have better and more equal access to newer medicines, says official healthcare body.
Pine nuts and goat’s milk should get allergy labels, say experts
Warnings for some 'emerging' food allergens should be added to food packaging, researchers suggest.
‘Pip tick-box system is not targeting the right people’
A chef with kidney failure calls for Pip assessments to change after he was refused the benefit twice.
‘Eating disorder misdiagnosis left me with PTSD’
Charlotte Chapman-Hart tells of her experience of a lack of coordinated and informed care.
Warning issued over branded kids’ magnesium gummies
An undeclared drug that can cause drowsiness and headaches has been found in Nutrition Ignition supplements.
‘Broken and burnt out’: Nurse lifts lid on staffing at children’s cancer unit
A whistleblower who resigned as a nurse from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children says staff shortages at a cancer unit are not new.
