A new ‘Phone First’ service for Northern Ireland is being trialled across a number of Emergency Departments (ED) including Causeway ED. The ‘Phone First’ service will ensure patients can get direct access to the right care,...
The Department of Health has issued the first in a planned series of “mythbusters”, correcting inaccurate claims about Covid-19. The first deals with the suggestions that Covid-19 patients are being prioritised over patients with other conditions. Welcoming...
This has not been a good week for the Executive. Whilst the pandemic has undoubtedly confronted us with many immensely difficult decisions, the people and businesses of Northern Ireland deserved so much better than the...
Responding to news that 24hour operations at Belfast International Airport will stop for a week in November, UUP Leader & South Antrim MLA, Steve Aiken OBE MLA said: “The news that Belfast International Airport will be...
Ulster Unionist peer, Lord Empey, has warned that the DUP and Sinn Fein are in danger of running the Executive into the ground again. Lord Empey said: “After a most unedifying week at Stormont, when all the...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA said: “That an agreement that could have been reached over a week ago has finally been achieved this evening is hardly a startling example of good and...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s East Belfast MLA, Andy Allen MBE, has called on the Finance Minister to intervene to ensure that payments under the Localised Restrictions Support Scheme (LRSS) are issued now. Andy Allen MLA...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has welcomed assurances from Westminster that in spite of some local opposition, the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing (CTS) Bill which is currently passing...
East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Andy Allen MBE has urged the Minister for Communities to reopen the COVID-19 Charities Fund to provide further vital support to charities across Northern Ireland and allocate the £6.7M that...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA has said that the EU’s dismissive attitude to concerns about how easily food supplies will be imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the United...