THE HEALTH Minister has vowed to reduce the amount being paid to private providers to deliver public services, following a recent report in the ‘Herald. Minister Mike Nesbitt was responding to questions in the Assembly chamber about revelations in this paper that in the past four years £150 million was paid from the public purse to private providers to […]
Business industry grows in the North
FERMANAGH business owners and entrepreneurs have been left feeling optimistic after it was revealed that the private sector in the North “performed particularly strongly” in August. While many households and families are still feeling the pinch, the business industry is growing throughout the North, with a reported majority of the population currently employed and in work. […]
Concern at cancer waiting times at Western Trust
A LISNASKEA woman has voiced her concern after major delays in cancer waiting times across the Western Trust forced her mother to go private in order to receive a cancerous tumour diagnosis, despite being red flagged by her local GP three times. Anna O’Reilly saw a colorectal specialist in SWAH on 22 October and following a CT […]