Richard Kirk
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GP, Clinical Director Healthcare in Prisons @setrust Interests-people on the margins.
East Belfast, Lisburn
Joined March 2009
So proud of our team. Years of discussions, months of planning, weeks of migrating records (over 2000 individual records, twice) and now we Go Live with #encompass tomorrow. A monumental effort for our bespoke system. Well done all @setrust @niprisons #encompassni
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So proud of our team. Years of discussions, months of planning, weeks of migrating records (over 2000 individual records, twice) and now we Go Live with #encompass tomorrow. A monumental effort for our bespoke system. Well done all @setrust @niprisons #encompassni
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Our Healthcare in Prison Learning Disability Team has launched the “All About Me” booklet 📖 Co-produced with service users, it puts them at the centre of their care, giving people with a learning disability a voice in how they're supported 💬💙 Well done everyone!
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It seems a long time ago but glad to see this publication get over the line thanks to Dr Janine Cooper and of course the wonderful Prof Dermot O’Reilly. The management of COVID-19 in prisons – the case of Northern Ireland | Health & Justice | Full Text
link.springer.com
Health & Justice - This paper describes COVID-19 cases in the Northern Ireland (NI) prison population during the pandemic in relation to the general population and changes implemented to...
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Delighted to welcome the Ministers of Health and Justice to HMP Maghaberry this morning to meet our fantastic peer mentor team and the superb Healthcare in Prison team who go the extra mile every day for our patients @setrust @HSC_NI
Minister Naomi Long @Justice_NI & Health Minister @MikeNesbittNI today visited Maghaberry Prison where they met with staff and prisoners in the Donard Centre, which supports some of the most vulnerable men in custody @NIPrisons
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Day two of ARM saw a speech from NIC chair @alanstout17 outlining the dire state of healthcare across Northern Ireland and urging the Health Minister to move now to make this years pay award #ARM2025
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This is what NI politicians of all hues should be shouting the loudest about. The most important issue here by far. It's absolutely scandalous. We should not be putting up with this.
GP additional funding 2025/6 England £969m Scotland £290m Wales £52m NI £1m All have the same pressures, same plans and same priorities. Never ever be shocked or surprised that you can’t access simple, basic health care in NI or why our NHS is collapsing
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A prisoner who died whilst in custody was given medical care that “far exceeded” what he would have received in the community, a Prisoner Ombudsman’s report has found. ➡️ https://t.co/eYmvJMY8Sh
https://t.co/eYmvJMY8Sh
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
A prisoner who died whilst in custody was given medical care that “far exceeded” what he would have received in the community, a Prisoner Ombudsman’s repor...
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I think we are all shocked as a profession with the words of @mikenesbittni and his intention to hold long waits personally against GPs (with the lowest funding in Western Europe).
After 25 years in practice, first ever letter to a health minister
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“It’s important to look beyond the bars and see the person.” 💙 Our amazing Healthcare in Prison team share why they do what they do, providing compassionate care and dignity every day. #MakingADifference #HSC
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Never give up on your dreams. Keep coming back. Keep working hard.
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Dr Ian Bownes Obituary - leading Irish consultant forensic psychiatrist, who was tasked with assessing the mental state of Irish republican prisoners in the Maze prison in NI during the 1980s & 1990s @rcpsychNI @rcpsychForensic
theguardian.com
Psychiatrist tasked with assessing the mental state of Irish republican prisoners in the Maze during the 1980s
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Read a letter to the @bmj_latest co-authored by our Vice-Chair Dr Emma Murtagh and Chair Dr Ursula Mason on the urgent need for a practitioner health service in Northern Ireland: https://t.co/yX9gqNhBdF
@emmaoconnor1979 @ursulaamason
bmj.com
Wilkinson brings the challenges of burnout and mental ill health faced by doctors into sharp focus.1 In Northern Ireland, we look with envy at the provision of NHS Practitioner Health in England, and...
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A superb colleague for over a decade - greatly missed.
Obituary for Ian Bownes (1956-2025): a forensic psychiatrist who went into Maze prison to assess mental fitness of IRA hunger strikers. Bownes' work placed him in personal danger but he was always fair, ethical, and kind, said a colleague https://t.co/KotW0kmzdY
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On Tuesday, we're looking at tackling drugs in prisons. We will be hearing from representatives of prison services, prison governors and the Chief Inspector of Prisons ⬇️ @DameCarolBlack | @_Imbs_ | @charlie_taylor6 | @HMPLongLartin | @HMP_Liverpool | @HMPYOI_Hindley
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Delighted to see this! @IrinaRa05139586 is a great example of a social worker at the coalface of the NHS. Well deserved
What an achievement! Thank you for the nomination! I don't have words for this as I never imagined as a social worker I would reach this point in my career. This is why my job is just amazing @cat_erin21 @setrust @StephenMcGPT
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Proof that you can incarnate people but do something positive and constructive with a sentence. Nothing imaginative here just a handover to serious organised crime addiction and despair.
theguardian.com
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
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🎙️ Podcast For the 35th anniversary of the Convention for the Prevention of #Torture, Therese Rytter, 2nd Vice-President of the #CPT, and Hugh Chetwynd, Executive Secretary, share their view on the challenges and alternative solutions for prisons in Europe https://t.co/EFjE7sLTeO
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We are delighted to be part of this success story Hydebank, one of only 2 prisons to ever receive top marks from a CIJINI/HMPPS inspection. Welcome recognition for yrs of hard work by @NIPrisons and @setrust Healthcare Teams Hydebank prison to top ratings
bbc.com
Justice Minister Naomi Long says the improvements were the result of “many years hard work”.
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Your life could change forever and you can help others change. Join all that is HiP as an addiction’s practitioner. Posts in Magilligan and Maghaberry. Look HSC recruit, South Eastern Trust, Clinical Addictions Practitioner band 6. Open to nurses SW and OTs
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