Over a quarter of senior psychiatry posts in Northern Ireland are vacant or covered by expensive locums. The Royal College of Psychiatrists gathered information from all five health trusts, finding that 29% of consultant posts are either vacant or covered by locum doctors. Pressures on SAS specialist psychiatrists (senior doctors who work alongside consultants) were … Read more
An ambulance waited outside a Northern Ireland Emergency Department for more than 19 hours before a patient was admitted to hospital, new figures show. The lengthy wait was recorded at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald and was the longest delay faced by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service in the December 2025 period. The wait was … Read more
Close to 2,000 healthcare workers across Northern Ireland’s six health trusts have been sacked in the last five years over attendance issues. A total of 1,834 staff members in the health service have been dismissed since 2020 due to breaches of, or actions taken under, the trusts’ attendance management policies. Around 450 workers have been … Read more