A month’s worth of rain could fall in County Antrim over the next 24 hours. Warning issued.

📅 from 17:00 Wed - 10:00 Thurs
🌧️up to 50mm widely
🌧️ up to 80mm windward facing slopes
⚠️ possible disruption

❗IMPORTANT INFORMATION❗

Regrettably, due to the Junior Doctors’ strike the Urgent Care Centre at Lagan Valley Hospital will be CLOSED TOMORROW, Wed 22 & Thurs 23 May. If you need urgent or emergency care please go to the Ulster Hospital Emergency Dept.

Thank you for your help

Junior Doctors will be striking from 7am on 22 May to 7am on 24 May.

GP services and GP Out of Hours services will be operating as normal during these times.

For more information about Health Care Services during Industrial action please visit bit.ly/HCservicesIndA…

The Health Minister Robin Swann welcomed the motion to include Northern Ireland in the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill passing in the NI Assembly.

➡️More info here: health-ni.gov.uk/news/swann-wel…

This week is Action for Brain Injury week 2024. This year's theme is A Life Rewritten. During #ABIWeek2024 learn more about how The Cedar Foundation @braininjmatters Child Brain Injury Trust Department of Health and
Headway - the brain injury association collaborate to provide support and help youtu.be/t-P6QftTdfE?si…

Yellow weather warning issued. Warning of #thunderstorms in parts of NI today. Lightning and heavy rain forecast. Storm and flooding advice available on nidirect at nidirect.gov.uk/articles/sever… #BeWeatherReady #StaySafe

The Department of Health is recruiting three people with experience of emergency hospital-based stroke services in Northern Ireland in the past three years, whether that is direct experience or as a carer.

Your knowledge could help the Hyperacute Stroke Project Board shape the

The Department of Health has advised patients that the health service will experience widespread disruption next week due to a two day strike

➡️ health-ni.gov.uk/news/statement…

Health Minister praised the Farm Families Health Check programme.
The Programme offers farmers & their families access to on-the-spot health checks consisting of Blood Pressure monitoring, BMI, cholesterol check & diabetic screening.
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Health Minister Robin Swann has launched a new electronic blood production and tracking system which will help enhance blood safety and quality.

➡️health-ni.gov.uk/news/health-mi…

Health Minister Robin Swann met with The Fostering Network representatives and welcomed the start of Foster Care Fortnight 2024. #FCF24

➡️Find out more at HSC NI Adoption & Foster Care or at: adoptionandfostercare.hscni.net/getintouch/

The Health Minister has praised the 'commitment and compassion' of nurses 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

Minister Swann thanked nurses for their continued service and wished them a happy International Nurses Day 👏 RCN Northern Ireland #NursesDay

If you need medicines to treat hay fever and seasonal allergies, these are readily available to buy from local pharmacies and other retail outlets.

If you’re not sure, speak to your local pharmacist for advice and help about over the counter remedies.

Some health conditions and medications can affect your eligibility to give blood. Click here to find out more >> bit.ly/CanIDonateBlood 🩸❤️

If you are unsure, you can speak confidentially to our staff by free phoning 08085 534 653 during business hours. ⏰

#giveblood

Our Human Milk Bank service at South West Acute Hospital is making an appeal for more donor mums to help provide essential lifesaving donor breast milk for babies in Neonatal Units throughout the whole of Ireland
02868628333
[email protected]
westerntrust.hscni.net/human-milk-ban…