Health

Local Community pharmacists alongside health professionals in the wider healthcare community recently attended a ‘Making links to promote Health and Wellbeing’ event at the Terrace Hotel in Magherafelt.

A new social media video launched by the Public Health Agency (PHA) highlights the importance of getting the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, particularly given recent measles outbreaks in continental Europe.

Moneymore was one of ten Four Season Health Cares Northern Ireland care homesnamed in the ‘Top 20 Recommended Homes’ at this years www.carehome.co.uk awards.

Menarys and their sister company Tempest will be fighting flames as they support Dungannon man Barry Williamson in his latest fundraising venture.

Amazing Dungannon Decaman Keith Clarke is supporting the new Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Cheer to 50 Years campaign.

Dan Kerr, Independent Republican candidate for Torrent in the Council Elections in May, has highlighted the danger of losing local addiction and mental health services if Breakthru is not saved.

The family of a south Derry boy who suffers from severe autism is urgently trying to raise funds to send him for therapy sessions which could help him to live an independent life.

Macmillan Cancer Support awarded grants of around £51,000 last year to people with cancer in the Mid Ulster area in financial hardship, thanks to funds raised by its supporters.

A Co Tyrone couple whose daughter was stillborn at Altnagelvin Area Hospital say they hope their heartbreaking loss will help bring about improvements in medical treatment for pregnant mothers and babies throughout Northern Ireland.

Mid Ulster District Council has unanimously carried a motion supporting the rights of disabled people.

This week marks the start of Ireland’s largest fundraising campaign, the Trocaire Lenten Appeal, which will see more than 1 million Trocaire boxes reach households and schools across the island, including Co Tyrone.

Mid Ulster District Council, in partnership with Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke and the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, recently delivered an innovative event to benefit the health and wellbeing of local people in the workplace.

For Susan Keatings, going along for a mammogram with her best friend had become a routine outing every two years.

Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) is aware that two children who attend a primary school in Co Tyrone are being treated in hospital after contracting meningococcal septicaemia.

Two County Tyrone pharmacists have brought home trophies from Northern Ireland’s leading awards ceremony - the highly-esteemed annual Pharmacy in Focus awards.

The people of County Tyrone are in great hands after two local pharmacists took home trophies from a Northern Ireland’s leading awards ceremony.