Chatty Benches helping tackle loneliness

By Una Culkin
Published 16th Feb 2022, 10:00 BST
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Health Minister Robin Swann recently visited the Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ballymoney to launch ‘chatty benches’.

They are a key new initiative focusing on preventing and addressing loneliness within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) area.

Loneliness is a growing public health issue across all generations and the current Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem.

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