Safeguarding and promoting the interests of older people.
The Commissioner is an independent champion for older people, who safeguards and promotes their interests.
Eddie Lynch is the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland. His main role is to safeguard and promote the interests of older people. COPNI is a non-departmental public body with a responsibility to advise and influence Government, focusing on the rights and interests of older people.
The rights of older people in the UK to treatment during this pandemicWhat have we been saying?
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Statement from the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland on Clifton Nursing Home
23 May, 2020The Commissioner for Older People Eddie Lynch said: “I am deeply concerned about the situation in Clifton Nursing Home in North Belfast.
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Commissioner welcomes rolling programme of Universal Testing in Care Homes
18 May, 2020The Commissioner welcomes the Health Minister’s announcement that testing will be rolled-out to all residents and staff in care homes.