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Oct 2024
28m 1s

Changing the health service

Bbc Radio Ulster
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<p>Professor Raphael Bengoa returned to Northern Ireland on Tuesday. Eight and a half years after his team's 25 thousand word report, the need to transform health and social care in Northern Ireland is even more pressing. Politicians in the NI Executive accepted the report at the time, which explained how health services could be delivered differently and mo ... Show More
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