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Northern Ireland playwright who brought the Troubles to the English stage Were it not for the actors and the Irish, so they say, there would be no plays in England. Like George Farquhar, whose Love and a Bottle he adapted, the playwright Bill Morrison was both Northern Irish and an actor, and a director and trade unionist to boot. Morrison, who has died aged 71 after suffering an oesophageal rupture, had a career in theatre, television and radio that was exceptional in its range and scale, and innovative in subject matter and dramatic form. He was born in Ballymoney, Antrim, to a Protestant family...

Northern Ireland Audit Office says that it expected greater savings in management and administration costs after 2008 reforms Health and social care management costs in Northern Ireland have risen to £125m, 17% higher than five years ago, according to a report by the auditor general for Northern Ireland. Kieran Donnelly, author of the report, said the findings were particularly surprising because costs had risen after a review of public administration reforms in 2008, which were meant to create greater savings in management and administration costs across the sector. The report acknowledged that...

One in eight breaches reported by health service organisations resulted in staff dismissal Figures released to the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch show that 806 separate incidents involving patient medical records being compromised took place at 152 NHS trusts between July 2008 and July 2011. The group, which obtained data from the majority of NHS organisations in the UK, found that breaches included 23 incidents of patient information being posted on social networking sites by staff, 129 separate instances of NHS employees looking up details of colleagues and family members and 57 incidents...

NHS health and social care trust profile General Information Address: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Trust Headquarters Nore Villa Knockbracken Healthcare Park Saintfield Road BT8 8BH Belfast United Kingdom Tel: 028 90 960000 Email: info@belfasttrust.hscni.net Web: http://www.belfasttrust.hscni.net Chief Executive: William McKee Key Data Population: 340,000 (2009-10) Employees: 22,000 (2009-10) Overview Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is a health and social care trust formed in Northern Ireland in April 1997. It was created by the merger of six trusts in the city: Belfast City Hospital...

NI's health department announces first phase of new local hospital Northern Ireland health minister Edwin Poots has announced major funding for a new hospital in Omagh, County Tyrone. He said that £75m will be made available for the first phase of the new facility, which will include a health and care centre with GP accommodation and intermediate care beds. It will also have a renal dialysis unit and a new central sterile supplies department. The government explained that the money being spent on the project is in addition to the £25m already invested in the project to acquire the land and...