Today, on #WorldPharmacistsDay, Minister Butler thanks pharmacists and pharmacy teams across Northern Ireland.🙏 "Every day, pharmacists support the increasingly complex health needs of our growing & ageing population, improving care & helping people to live healthier lives." 💬

#HopeNotFear Let's work to include all voices in making things better! And thank you to the wonderful makaton choir 👋🎤🎶

Health Minister Robbie Butler spent time meeting staff and service users at Hawthorne Adult Centre in Carrickfergus today. ✅

⚠️🚨 UPDATE: Health Minister @RobbieButlerMLA says more Stormont departments must step up on suicide prevention - insisting joined-up approach could save lives 🎥🎤 Speaking to Chief Reporter @jamesgould23, the Minister backed calls for responsibility to go beyond his Department. 👥 It comes after a new report warned suicide prevention cannot be left to health alone. There were 290 suicide deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2024, with around four in five of them men. The report is calling for departments to share responsibility and for a new ring-fenced, cross-departmental suicide prevention fund.

First occupational mental health nurse for Northern Irish trust   nursingtimes.net/nurse-wellb…

Staff and service users at the Everton Complex invited the Health Minister along to the opening of their new courtyard garden. 🌳🌷 The Centre provides day opportunities for those living with learning disabilities aged 18+ @BelfastTrust

I’m really glad that the UK government is funding this.

@EoinTennyson has said on Hansard, and affirmed his view on @BBCTalkback that “coercive behaviour” definition in his Conversion Practices Bill is just borrowed from the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (NI) 2021. That is only half true. He copied the list of offences. He did not copy the explicit carve out for parent and child relationships. 1/5

The Health Minister recently dropped in to @actnforchildren as they celebrated 20 years of fostering in Northern Ireland. 🎈 👏The Minister recognised the efforts of everyone involved in helping children find safe, stable and loving homes.

Today, Health Minister Robbie Butler met the families of former patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. Read more 👉: health-ni.gov.uk/news/minist…

🤝Together for Families (TfF), a major new partnership designed to transform early support for families across NI, has been launched. The Health Minister said it was a huge opportunity to improve the life chances of children and families. Read more here: health-ni.gov.uk/news/multi-…

Busy wee morning. Pre Road trip breakfast fundraiser to support the guys going later today to Ibiza in an Orange VW Beetle in aid of Dementia NI. Then off to Ballinderry War Memorial Hall for European Heritage day and a quick coffee with my friends and neighbours at Brookhill. #HopeNotFear Let's work to support each other! #MakeNIWork #UnionOfPeople

Today marks 25 years since the attacks of September 11. We remember all those whose lives were lost and shattered that day. And we honour the bravery of first responders, many of whom are still battling illnesses and campaigning for their right to healthcare. What followed was a catastrophic 'War on Terror', which killed many hundreds of thousands of people, left many more in desperate poverty, fuelled a wave of Islamophobia, and triggered an endless spiral of conflict, hatred and misery. The US led, and Britain supinely followed. The world is still living with the consequences of this disastrous decision, yet there is still no accountability for the death and destruction it left behind. Today, we must learn the lessons of history. That means recognising that war is not the answer, ending the horrors of occupation, and striving to build a world of peace and harmony for all.