NI`s Chief Scientific Adviser Ian Young on leave on health grounds
(WorldNews Politics)

Northern Ireland's Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Young is currently on leave on health grounds. Prof Young, who has been prominent in the Department of Health's handling of the Covid-19 crisis, has been absent from recent media briefings. Earlier this month, he took a legal challenge against a British Medical Council disciplinary investigation arising from the Hyponatraemia Inquiry. The DoH confirmed that Prof Young is off work on health grounds. A spokesperson said other arrangements will be in place until further notice. Dr Declan Bradley, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences QUB, will represent Northern Ireland on the Scientific Advisory Group for...