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Beverley Howell cannot remember wanting to be anything other than a nurse. So, after a 42-year career, she was delighted and surprised to be named Nurse of the Year 2016. “It’s a big honour. I never expected it,” Mrs Howell, 62, told The Royal Gazet...

Michael Weeks, the Shadow Minister of Health, delivered profound personal thanks to healthcare professionals for this year’s celebration of Nurses Day. The Pembroke East Central MP told The Royal Gazette he had “just collapsed for no reason” while ou...

Men and women of all ages “dancewalked” their way through the City of Hamilton yesterday. The event to celebrate Move for Health Day was such a success that the Department of Health is considering making it an annual fixture. “We had a blast,” Healt...

Keith Chiappa, the Bermudian neurologist temporarily posted to chief of staff for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, hopes to see a permanent replacement for the role within a matter of months. “The search needs to be done deliberately and carefully,” said...

Retired nurses have been honoured by the Bermuda Government with a tea party in recognition of their past services. Thirty-five nurses were invited, all of whom had worked with Community Health Nursing services, Lefroy House or the Sylvia Richardson ...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has pledged to release full details on the salaries and benefits enjoyed by its executive officers this month. The publicly funded quango rejected a public access to information request for the records from The Royal Gazet...

Get your dancing shoes on and join the Department of Health and town crier Ed Christopher for a “dance-walk” through the City of Hamilton tomorrow. Everyone is invited to take part in the event, which aims to combine fun and music with physical activ...

Identified as having one of the highest rates of asthma in the world, Bermuda needs to take action to help and bring down the number of sufferers. Launching World Asthma Day on the steps of City Hall today, Minister of Health Jeanne Atherden said: “...

Asthma charity Open Airways will be hosting events on three days this week to help sufferers learn how to manage their condition. “Do you have an asthma action plan?” is the theme of World Asthma Day, which falls tomorrow and sees Bermuda join about...

Teen Services is to proclaim May as Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. The charity is inviting the public to a ceremony to mark the launch of a campaign on the subject at its base next to Fort Hamilton on Wednesday, at 12.30pm. It said in a statement: ...