Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Health › Removing emergency surgery will create 'domino effect',...
Breaking News

Removing emergency surgery will create 'domino effect', campaigners warn

Removing emergency surgery will create 'domino effect', campaigners warn
BBC Northern Ireland Saturday 15 August 2026, 05:47 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

The health minister has been urged not to approve plans to move the service away from Causeway Hospital.

The health minister has been urged not to approve plans to move the service away from Causeway Hospital.
Causeway Hospital (ORG)
Originally published by BBC Northern Ireland Read original →

Related Stories

‘A tax on being thin’: only high earners make overall savings on food bills from weight-loss drugs

Users need discretionary income of nearly £100,000 a year to make savings on their grocery spend after paying £1,200 for GLP-1s, analysis findsThe high cost of weight-loss medication is a “regressive tax on being thin” because the outlay outweighs any saving on food costs for all but the highest earners. Someone needs to have discretionary income of nearly £100,000 a year to actually save money after covering the £1,200 annual cost of GLP-1 medication, according to an analysis by the...

The Guardian Health 33m ago

New NHS '28-day' alert for eligible group

New NHS '28-day' alert for eligible group The NHS has issued a new reminder The NHS has put out a reminder for Brits 'not to forget' to schedule a visit at the doctors as 'there's still time'. Young people who have received their first MenB vaccination are being urged by the NHS not to forget their second dose. The NHS has issued a reminder that two doses are needed for the best protection, with the jabs required to be given at least 28 days apart.

Daily Mirror 38m ago

Contractors suspended over ‘extremely serious’ Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

Contractors suspended over ‘extremely serious’ Queen Mary Hospital lift defects Authorities say 24 of 28 lifts in the new clinical block were affected, delaying the launch of clinical services until repairs are completed Hong Kong authorities have suspended the main contractor and lift subcontractor working on Queen Mary Hospital’s new clinical block from public works tenders after serious defects left most lifts unreliable and delayed the launch of services. The Architectural Services...

South China Morning Post 53m ago

Gut viruses are evolving new tricks to beat bacteria — and could help fight superbugs

Scientists have found that some viruses can deliberately generate genetic diversity to evade bacterial defences, offering a potential new clue for developing treatments when antibiotics fail. Viruses that selectively target and kill bacteria — also known as bacteriophages or simply phages — infect bacteria but leave human cells alone. Once they attach to a bacterial cell, they inject their genetic material, hijack the cell's machinery and force it to produce new phages until the bacterium...

Euronews 1h ago