Deborah McAleese
Health Reporter at ITV News
Health reporter UTV/ ITV @UTVNews @itvnews You’ll get me at [email protected]
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Mar 10, 2025 |
itv.com | Deborah McAleese
Twenty-eight computers containing the records of thousands of patients have been stolen from a Belfast Hospital, UTV can reveal. The computers were being used to train staff on the new encompass system, a digital healthcare record that is being rolled out across all health trusts.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
itv.com | Deborah McAleese
Two women who were hospitalised after botched bum and hip filler procedures in the back of a hair salon have joined calls for proper regulation of Northern Ireland’s growing cosmetic industry. Both women developed severe bacterial infections after the non-surgical procedures - which were carried out by the same beautician who had no medical qualifications. Melissa Crawford was left unable to walk for weeks and is still physically and emotionally scarred after developing complications from a BBL.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
itv.com | Deborah McAleese
Fifteen cardiac patients have had their surgeries cancelled by the Belfast Health Trust in the past week following a dispute amongst some senior staff members, UTV can reveal.The dispute among members of the cardiac team has led to concerns over patient safety.The Belfast Trust said the surgeries had to be rescheduled due to "unexpected staff absence".
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Feb 12, 2025 |
itv.com | Deborah McAleese
The Department of Health has defended the £188,000 salary that will be paid to the man appointed to try and reform Northern Ireland’s health service. Mike Farrar, a former high-ranking official in NHS England, has been announced as the Department of Health’s interim Permanent Secretary. His salary is higher than that of other departmental Permanent Secretaries and even the head of the Civil Service Dr Jayne Brady.
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Feb 5, 2025 |
itv.com | Deborah McAleese
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has warned Secretary of State Hilary Benn not to view the Northern Ireland public as "spongers". Mr Nesbitt was hitting back at comments made on Tuesday by the Northern Ireland Secretary, who said that a lack of funding from Westminster was not to blame for a crisis in public services in Northern Ireland.
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RT @McCambridgeJ: You never know who you will run into on your morning walk https://t.co/92rFezawgF
Health Minister says culture of poor behaviour at cardiac surgery unit “has brought shame on the health service”. I’m pretty certain, if it hadn’t been for the bravery of those who shared this report you might never have known what was going on 👇
UTV can reveal that a culture of poor behaviour by some heart surgeons at Northern Ireland’s cardiology unit led to a “significant risk to patient safety,” a damning inspection report has found. https://t.co/WfdhsdTgQR
Health Minister “on standby” for more whistleblowers coming forward from other health departments after “appalling” culture involving some senior staff at Cardiac Surgery Unit exposed.
The Health Minister has admitted that a "devastating" culture of poor behaviour, exposed within Northern Ireland's cardiac surgery unit, could be more widespread across the health service. https://t.co/9W7Z46y689
