The healthy subsidise the sick. The occasional patient subsidises the frequent attender. That’s how pooled healthcare works, and… … it works best when not everybody needs to knock on the door at once. Except, more people are knocking, more often, myemail.constantcontact.com/…

Commenting on the latest GMS stats GP chair Dr Frances O’Hagan said, “These latest figures confirm what GPs and patients already know, general practice in Northern Ireland is under sustained and growing pressure." Full statement here > brnw.ch/21x35Av

🏘️ "It's the beginning of the Neighbourhood approach for Northern Ireland." 👥 Permanent Secretary Mike Farrar attended an Integrated Neighbourhood Teams programme development workshop. 👇 Hear how the model aims to provide services at neighbourhood level

⚠️🆘️GP WARNING: 'Young people have died because they refused to wait in A&E. It’s so sad, it shouldn’t be happening.' 🎥🎤Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 speaking to West Belfast GP Dr Michael McKenna. He says a number of people from his practice have died because they didn’t want to face long waits in emergency departments. He detailed how more and more people are staying away from A&E, even when they urgently need care. He also made clear that the voices of GPs need to be heard. It comes after a shocking new report highlights a “catastrophe” unfolding in Northern Ireland’s emergency departments. It shows the number of 12-hour-plus waits and associated excess deaths, has more than doubled over five years. The report by @RCollEM states that, in 2025, there were 1,032 excess deaths linked to waits of 12 hours or more in EDs while awaiting admission. The body’s State of Emergency Medicine in Northern Ireland report found that, while the figure for 2025 is slightly lower than in 2024 (1,122) and 2023 (1,063), the estimated mortality rate has still more than doubled over five years.