Minister for Health Mike Nesbitt’s negotiating tactics are remarkably aggressive. Has he overplayed his hand?

Dr Hazel Wallace talks to The Women’s Podcast about periods, menstrual health and why women are turning away from the pill

Skin cancer variations are due to behavioural differences, with men more likely to be shirtless in the sun

More and more women are turning away from the pill, as worries grow around side-effects, stoked by misinformation on social media

Surgeons hail ‘astonishing’ medical breakthrough after Grace Davidson (36) gave birth after her sister donated her own womb

The warmth of the women’s voices is palpable in a thoughtful study that also addresses the darker side of the migrant experience

Patient care doesn’t pause on weekends. Witnessing medically fit patients stuck in hospital due to discharge delays is deeply frustrating

Health service has already paid tuition fees for 36 students, at a cost of about €12,000 a year for each student

Main unions say they can ‘live’ with a deal proposed by Mike Nesbitt

Drastic action is considered essential, but this is part of a wider strategy that represents a looming calamity for Stormont

The much-loved institution, once admired all over the world, is itself on its deathbed

British prime minister says NHS will receive no money without reform following damning report

Hospital undertook review after concerns were raised by parents over Yaser Jabbar’s behaviour and the performance of his department

'Northern Ireland is of at the bottom of the international league table for cancer policy consistency' – Mark Lawler, professor of digital health at Queen’s University

Patients given low calorie meal replacements for three months

Keir Starmer is an antidote to the privileged Tories he has displaced but he will need to be ruthlessness and willing to upend policy

Using private clinics been would have been unthinkable when I first moved here. Now, it feels almost irresponsible not to use one if you can afford to do so

Figuring out the healthcare system in Australia has certainly been the most complex part of moving

The landmark report by UK paediatrician Hilary Cass into transgender treatment for young people is published as the HSE plans a new Irish clinical programme for gender healthcare

Close to one million people have left, quit or retired from the workforce since pandemic