The HSC has invested £9m in a new electronic patient record system which will improve healthcare services for patients and assist healthcare providers in the sharing of medical records in a much more efficient and secure way.

A section of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2016 which requires the Education Authority to seek and have regard to the views of the child has come into operation today.

Education Minister, Peter Weir, today said that all schools and other education settings will reopen in the first week of January.

Education Minister Peter Weir MLA has urged all stakeholders to try to work together to make it a reality that children can sit the transfer test in their own primary school setting.

In an ongoing series, we are setting the facts straight in relation to bogus claims made about this pandemic.
The latest mythbuster sets out the major differences between Covid-19 and winter flu.