Patients pay the price as ever, as costs continue to mount - The Irish News view

EDITORIAL: Fixing high cost of lavish health plan

Some steps taken to deal with a massive taxpayer-funded expense.

Tony Dorrian Workers Party Representative has called on the Minister for Health to implement a Statutory Duty of Candour for all Health and Social Care Organisations in Northern Ireland.

Mr Dorrian said over the past number of weeks and months we have seen the publication of a number of public inquiries,reports, and investigations in to the delivery of sub-standard and deliberate neglect and cruelty. In our health and social care services. This erodes public confidence in our health and social care systems some of these reports quite rightly places blame on those who deliberately abused patients and service users in their care. The fact that despite numerous recommendations from previous inquiries that a Statutory Duty of Candour be implemented through Legislation it is still not in place must be questioned, Northern Ireland is the only Region in the UK that has not introduced legislation that would place an obligation on our healthcare system to be transparent when things go wrong.

Criminal legal aid cost €115million last year

TOTAL spending on the Criminal Legal Aid scheme across Ireland for 2025 surged to a record 115.3million, according to official figures. The details were provided in response to a query from the Limerick Post on the cost of the scheme. No regional breakdown was available and all figures mentioned are national figures. This represented a [] The post Criminal legal aid cost 115million last year appeared first on Limerick Post.

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NHS Drug Deal Could Cause 200,000 Avoidable Deaths

The NHS will be forced to divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay more for new drugs under the terms of the UK-US trade deal, according to new analysis, after ministers caved to pressure from president Donald Trump over tariffs. The trade deal is also projected to lead to over 200,000 excess deaths []