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Staff members wearing purple tshirts branded with encompass stand with their backs to the camera while Chief Executive Jennifer Welsh stands in front of them

Final countdown to digital revolution in patient care

Staff across the Northern Health and Social Care Trust are in the final stages of preparing to revolutionise patient care. On Thursday 7 November, the Northern Trust will become...


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Disruption to some children’s social work services due to strike action

There will be disruption to some of our children’s social work services due to strike action by Trade Union members in the Northern Trust from Wednesday 23 – Friday...

A Play Specialist wearing a yellow tunic sits beside a young patient's bed. The patient is sitting up in bed and the two are playing a card game together.

Ruth’s role is child’s play!

Ruth Mairs is a Play Specialist based in A2 children’s ward at Antrim Area Hospital. She uses therapeutic play to support children, young people and their families during their...

Kirsty McKay, Macmillan Oncology Nurse Practitioner, who has worked within the chemotherapy service in the Northern Trust since it was first established 25 years ago.

Northern Trust reflects on 25 years of chemotherapy services

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust is celebrating a special milestone as it reflects on 25 years of chemotherapy services. The first patients were treated in Fern House...

A group of scouts standing together holding purple bags with boxes visible in the background

Scouts support Northern Trust’s preparations for going digital

A group of Scouts from Co Antrim have secured their place in digital healthcare history and earned a ‘Community Impact’ badge for their efforts. As the Northern Health and...

Breast screening mobile unit

Women invited to receive Breast Screening in Ballymena and Antrim

Women can now receive their Breast Screening in mobile units located at Antrim Area Hospital and Ballymena Health and Care Centre. Ladies will be invited to the screening through...

Architect drawing of a MRI Unit alongside a main building

Construction begins on new MRI unit for Causeway

Construction on a new MRI unit at Causeway Hospital will get underway this week. The new unit will be linked to the radiology department in the main hospital, and...