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Bringing hope

Tackling Northern Ireland's huge waiting lists has been given funding and a new sense of urgency, but advances are only possible thanks to the innovation and hard work of doctors on the ground. Jennifer Trueland finds out how it's working

Health & Society Jennifer Trueland

The war on waits

Hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland are a source of 'national shame', says Mark Taylor, the surgeon appointed to tackle the problem. He tells Jennifer Trueland that breaking down barriers between health and social care trusts is a key part of the solution

Jennifer Trueland 08.12.25

More to give

Mike Farrar is bringing decades of experience to tackling waiting times and health inequalities in the worst-performing part of the health service. In the first of three features about efforts to improve care in Northern Ireland, he tells Jennifer Trueland why he's up for the challenge

Jennifer Trueland 05.12.25

Bringing hope

Tackling Northern Ireland's huge waiting lists has been given funding and a new sense of urgency, but advances are only possible thanks to the innovation and hard work of doctors on the ground. Jennifer Trueland finds out how it's working

Jennifer Trueland 04.12.25

Health service pressure disproportionately affects disabled staff, finds survey

‘The medical system is failing many disabled and neurodivergent medical students and doctors,’ BMA discovers

Tim Tonkin 03.12.25

Doctors’ salaries preserved by pay-protection extension

Scheme, which protects residents from loss of earnings, valid until 2026

By Ben Ireland 26.11.25

Government response to COVID-19 was ‘too little too late’, inquiry concludes

Report says 23,000 deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown

Ben Ireland 20.11.25

New tech and old yarns

Designers and medics are looking to the past and the future to find ways of making healthcare more sustainable. Jennifer Trueland reports

Jennifer Trueland 19.11.25

Giving a voice

Ever since he was at school, Tom Dolphin has believed in helping people stand up for themselves. Elected BMA council chair in the summer, he tells Peter Blackburn of his plans, including new powers at a local level to press for doctors' rights

Peter Blackburn 18.11.25