In the first 12 hours of strike action and more than 200 calls for medical assistance had been received.

Ambulance control feels pressure during strikes

Widespread disruption to the health service is expected on Thursday as strike action takes place.

Which services will be affected by Northern Ireland health strikes?

Long ambulance waits, days spent in Emergency Departments, lack of home care "distressing for older people". and their families"

Crisis hit health service stripping older population of dignity and independence

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Ambulance NIAS crew paramedic stock shot still holder

74 year-old paramedic Brian Maguire, who has worked with the Ambulance Service for 50 years, has warned that pressures are worse than during the Troubles. 

Paramedic: Current pressures worse than during Troubles

Professor Ian Young told UTV a predicted rise in Covid-19 and flu infections will add further pressures to the health service.

Warning hospital pressures to continue for weeks

Health Trusts in Northern Ireland introduce range of measures to deal with extreme pressures.

Health Trusts implement emergency measures to ease pressure

Dr Colin Fitzpatrick is now working as a locum in a small town in New Zealand.

GP closed practice after 25 years amid funding pressures

The South West Acute Hospital. Pic Pacemaker

People in rural parts of Fermanagh say they feel isolated and fearful, after it was confirmed that emergency general surgery is to be temporarily suspended.

Anger over bid to stop emergency surgery at South West Acute Hospital grows

Northern Ireland's health service is crumbling and the chances of finding a solution are limited.

'Health service crisis like helplessly watching the cards topple'

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Ambulances at the entrance to the emergency department with a number of the vehicle with patients awaiting to be admitted, at Antrim Area Hospital, Co Antrim in Northern Ireland, as the emergency department and hospital is currently at full capacity.

On Saturday Antrim Area Hospital was forced to close its Emergency Department

'What happened in Antrim could happen in other hospitals over the winter'

Sick patients are waiting more than two days in an emergency department for a bed, as staff struggle to make room on hospital wards.

Inside hospital dealing with 'relentless pressure' as capacity hits 111%

In a keynote speech on Friday, Jeremy Hunt said reducing inflation was the 'only sustainable way to restore industrial harmony' in Britain.

Strong on ambition, short on detail: Jeremy Hunt spells out his economic vision

Sending a trans woman to a women’s prison is nothing new, but it remains a controversial part of the debate on trans rights, writes ITV News' Peter Smith.

Trans rapist story stirs up debate over Scotland's gender recognition reforms

Speaking exclusively to ITV News reporter Chloe Keedy, she explains how her testimony helped bring one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders to justice. 

Met Police officer raped by Carrick feared speaking out would ruin her career

ITV Meteorologist Chris Page gives the detailed forecast as we move into the last month of winter

Is it finally set to get milder, as cold weather alert ends Saturday?

In a new documentary presented by ITV News's Julie Etchingham the team explore why the UK never revealed the Stasi spies who lived in Britain.

The secrets of the Stasi: Warning from Cold War history as Putin's war runs hot

A site has been identified for a factory to make 'unmanned aerial vehicles' designed to paralyse Ukraine's energy infrastructure and overwhelm its air defences.

Russia drawing up plans for its first production facility of 'kamikaze' drones

Speaking for the first time since deciding to stay on, Southgate told Steve Scott there were times even before the World Cup when he considered his position.

Southgate reveals why he considered quitting England but couldn’t walk away

HMRC boss Jim Harra has added sharper focus to the inquiry by the prime minister's ethics adviser Magnus into Zahawi's tax affairs, Robert Peston writes.

Deborah McAleese

Health Reporter, UTV