Marie-Louise Connolly, Denise O’Connor and David Hunter BBC Spotlight BBC Shelley Browne was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis after Ruby’s birth A new mother who was detained in a psychiatric hospital for five weeks says she “felt like a prisoner” because she was separated from her baby. Shelley Browne, who had postpartum psychosis, was admitted under … Read more
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy meets Union Minister For Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has requested the Union government to expeditiously accord technical and financial sanctions for the northern part of the proposed Regional Ring Road, spanning 159 km. The … Read more
Getty Images A skin rash is a common symptom of measles, and appears after a few days of cold-like symptoms There have been 11 cases of measles recorded in Northern Ireland in the past 6 months. In the Republic of Ireland 68 cases were logged within the same time frame. Measles is highly infectious and … Read more
Disruption is expected in Northern Ireland’s health services as junior doctors begin walk out. Source link
The law will mean that people born in or after 2009 will never be able to legally buy cigarettes. Source link
Image source, PacemakerImage caption, Why decisions were taken about what happened in Northern Ireland hospitals during the pandemic will be one of the things examined by the inquiry By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI health correspondent “Watching Covid patients say goodbye to their families via a Zoom call was difficult and extremely emotional.” Dr George … Read more
Joanna Barrett, associate head of policy at the NSPCC, said: “All children deserve the same protection from assault as adults. Yet in England and Northern Ireland, children continue to be exposed to a legal loophole that can undermine their basic right to protection under the guise of ‘reasonable chastisement’. Source link
The department said it will continue to work closely with NIPSO, GPs and health and social care trusts to improve access to waiting time information for patients, but that a number of the recommendations within the report would require additional resources, both financial and staffing, at a time of severe budgetary pressures. Source link
Families from Northern Ireland say they want to ensure they are not a footnote in the inquiry. Source link
Around 15,000 children are not fully immunised against measles, mumps and rubella, a report finds. Source link