Northern Ireland health minister Robin Swann has announced a £70m support package for social care providers and hospices.
Junior doctors in England voted overwhelmingly in favour of continuing strike action for the next six months.
Developments in the world of healthcare in the past three months.
Talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government have resulted in an improved pay offer for consultants.
After turning down a pay deal in January by the narrowest of margins, NHS consultants in England have been offered new terms.
Pay disputes continued to throw uncertainty over the NHS over the course of the past week
The Department of Health and Social Care has called for pay to be ‘fair but affordable’ in evidence to pay review bodies, but not set a figure.
The government has published evidence for three pay review bodies, setting out the financial context for pay rises in 2024/25.
The NHS has released figures that show the impact of the recent bouts of industrial action taken by junior doctors.
Junior doctors in England started their latest round of strike action on Monday 26 February, with a five-day walkout starting at 7am.