the provider paid out on 7,469 life and 1,769 critical illness claims in the year, with men accounting for 59 per cent of life claims and 47 per cent of critical illness claims..

the family of an elderly woman found dead on the floor of a hospital ward have said staff at altnagelvin denied her her dignity and prevented them from saying a final goodbye..media won�t investigate medically-caused death numbers.

written reports, including local media accounts, professional medical papers and internal emails were also examined..

on critical illness, 4.6 per cent of claims were declined due to the definition not being met and 2.3 per cent were due to misrepresentation...español