Tuesday 14 May 2013
SDLP Health Spokesperson Conall McDevitt said reports that the number of people suffering from dementia is set to double in the next 20 years to some 40,000 is a stark warning to the public and government, that we need to be prepared. more »
Tuesday 7 May 2013
SDLP Health spokesperson Conall McDevitt has said that a statement delivered by the Minister for Health in the Assembly today only confirms the DUP's commitment to pursuing a privatisation agenda. more »
Monday 6 May 2013
SDLP Health spokesperson Conall McDevitt has said that the Transforming Your Care debacle must now focus on defending the integrity of the Health and Social Care system and avoid any creeping privatisation. more »
Friday 3 May 2013
SDLP Health Spokesperson Conall McDevitt has welcomed the decision from the Health Minister Edwin Poots to reverse the proposals in closing of residential care homes. more »
Thursday 2 May 2013
SDLP Health Spokesperson Conall McDevitt MLA has said that the nursing home closures happening across the north are further evidence of the Minister's determination to privatize the Health Service by stealth. more »
Thursday 2 May 2013
SDLP Health spokesperson Conall McDevitt has said the Health Minister must act swiftly to address the crisis in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, which escalated today with the stepping aside of CEO Seán Donaghy. more »
Monday 29 April 2013
SDLP Health Spokesperson Conall McDevitt MLA has called on the Department of Health to do more to promote awareness and information for MS patients after a report by the MS Society revealed that only 68% of people with the condition in Northern Ireland were taking Disease-Modifying Treatments (DMT), which can reduce the frequency and severity of MS attacks, and slow the progression of the disease in some cases. more »
Friday 26 April 2013
SDLP Health Spokesperson Conall McDevitt MLA has said that today's announcement that the Southern Trust are set to close five residential care homes further fuels the SDLP's long held suspicion that the Health Minister is intent on destroying the ethos of the NHS by replacing it with stealth privatisation. more »
Thursday 25 April 2013
SDLP health spokesperson, Conall McDevitt MLA, has said that today's decision to close the remaining nursing homes in the Northern Trust Area will further fuel suspicions that Transforming Your Care is a charter for the stealth privatisation of the health and social care system in Northern Ireland. more »
Thursday 25 April 2013
SDLP Health Spokesperson Conall McDevitt MLA has called on the Minister of Health to be ambitious in seeking a solution to ensure the retention of paediatric cardiac services in the region, and not to simply move services to Dublin. more »