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Lagan Valley Day procedure centre helping to reduce waiting lists Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has highlighted the role of Elective Care Centres in helping to reduce our lengthy waiting lists.
A recent workshop offered an opportunity for businesses across Lisburn & Castlereagh to learn more about how the Innovate UK funded industrial decarbonisation initiative can help boost business
Industrial Decarbonisation Event in conjunction with Invest NI
Over 35 businesses from across Lisburn and Castlereagh turned out for a dedicated workshop recently focused on industrial decarbonisation. The workshop formed part of a wider project led by InvestNI called Industrial Decarbonisation for Northern Ireland (IDNI). The ID-NI takes an innovative dualapproach to address
carbon reduction in Northern Ireland providing businesses with support, advice, tools and metrics to enable them to increase productivity while reducing emissions. The session offered
an opportunity for businesses to learn more about how the Innovate UK funded industrial decarbonisation initiative can help boost business. Through the ID-NI, Invest NI is seeking to
establish four clusters to support businesses in terms of efficiencies, investment and financial support.
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Dedicated capacity for elective surgery has been enhanced through continued development of these surgical hubs across Northern Ireland. A key benefit is that this planned surgery is less likely to be cancelled due to emergency pressures. Day Procedure Centres (DPCs) are operational at Lisburn’s Lagan Valley and Omagh Hospitals, supporting a range of surgical specialities. From October 2020 to March 2024, approximately 20,000 patients were treated at the DPCs. There are also three Elective Overnight Stay Centres (EOSCs) at the Mater Hospital, Belfast, South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) in Enniskillen, and Daisy Hill Hospital In Newry, for intermediate complexity surgery that
may require an overnight stay in hospital. Between April 2023 and March 2024, more than 12,000 patients have been treated across all three sites. There are also Cataracts Centres at Downe (Downpatrick), South Tyrone (Dungannon) and Mid Ulster (Magherafelt) Hospitals, and an orthopaedic hub at Belfast’s Musgrave Park Hospital which includes the Duke of Connaught Unit, a dedicated orthopaedic Day Procedure Centre. The Minister oaid a visit to the Elective Overnight Stay Centre at South West Acute Hospital. Elective general surgery, gynaecology, breast surgery, paediatric surgery and paediatric dental procedures are carried out at SWAH for long waiting patients from the region, with consultants visiting from other hospitals.