News
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1 Aug 2025
ÍâÍøÌìÌà Northern Ireland lodges formal dispute over failure to implement pay award
Absence of a pay award in Northern Ireland will once again push nursing staff out of pay parity with colleagues across the UK
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31 Jul 2025
HSC pay consultation results: urgent action required on pay
Clear message from nursing staff in Northern Ireland that meaningful change urgently needed in the nursing profession, and the first step is to sort pay.
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10 Jul 2025
Summer Opening Updates
Our libraries in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London will have planned closure days in July and August. Check the changes before you plan your visit.
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11 Jun 2025
Nursing Students to Receive Specialist Training to ‘Unlock’ a Safer Northern Ireland for Women and Girls
From this autumn, nursing students at Queen’s University Belfast will be the first to receive dedicated training on domestic abuse and violence against women and girls as part of their degree.
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5 Jun 2025
GP mental health nurse is ÍâÍøÌìÌà Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2025
A senior mental health nurse has won the award for empowering patients in managing their mental health and transforming access to emotional support
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23 May 2025
Pay Award for HSC staff in Northern Ireland signed off by Minister
The Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has announced that he has signed off on a pay award in line with the Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation of a 3.6% pay rise for those employed under Agenda for Change terms and conditions for 2025-26.
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11 Feb 2025
Update on HSC pay award
Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, has today confirmed that the full 12 months of backpay owed to HSC staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions will be paid following the recent January monitoring exercise.
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13 Jun 2024
Heart failure nurse is ÍâÍøÌìÌà Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year 2024
An inspirational nurse from Armagh has won the ÍâÍøÌìÌà Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year Award 2024 for her work in improving care for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
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15 Apr 2024
Commenting on the RCPCH, report Worried and Waiting.
“The finding of today’s report are truly shocking. Children across Northern Ireland are being exposed to unacceptable levels of risk by not getting timely treatment and care. We are in complete agreement with our medical colleagues that this is nothing short of a catastrophe.
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22 Mar 2024
ÍâÍøÌìÌà members vote to reject pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland
The results of the ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ’s consultation on the HSC pay offer for nursing staff in Northern Ireland have been announced.
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