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There are not enough mental health and learning disability nurses in Northern Ireland, the head of nursing at Queen’s University has said.
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Automatic 50% remission for seriously violent and dangerous offenders in Northern Ireland will end next year, the security minister has said.
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The support group for victims of sexual abuse, One In Four, has said that only three out of every 1,000 alleged child sexual offences lead to a prosecution or conviction.
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Domestic violence accounts for almost half of all cases heard at the Family Law courts and 40pc of safety orders are granted by judges.
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A Swansea man died after suffering a schizophrenic attack at his parents’ house. Swansea coroner Philip Rogers returned a narrative verdict on Paul Evans, of Clas-yr- Onnen, Waunarlwydd.
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An Assembly-funded community website has been taken offline after it was found to be inviting users to watch internet porn.
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A series of reviews and new public consultations on plans to change NHS services in mid and north Wales have been announced by the health minister.
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A permanent night shelter for homeless people in Wrexham is a step closer. Campaigners said a temporary 10-bed shelter which opened for several months last year, including at Christmas, showed that it was needed.
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Hundreds of vulnerable people will see their care package disappear or shrink from next February – but a county council chief says those in need will not be “cut adrift”.
{mosimage}County councillors have rubberstamped a decision to reduce the qualification level for adult social care from “moderate” to “substantial”, as part of a decision which will affect households across Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley.
And gateway’ services, signposting people to alternative provisions in the voluntary, faith and community sectors, will not be fully up and running until September 2008.
But Cllr. Chris Cheetham, Lancashire’s adult social care cabinet member, said: “We do recognise that people who are affected by these changes will need help.
“But we are going to help them through that process. This is not about saving money but it is about using money differently. We are not going to cut people adrift.
“In future we are not going to be seen as a major provider of care but we will be looking at providing services through the voluntary, faith and community sectors.”
Social services are keen to employ the services of organisations such as Help The Aged and Age Concern to cater for people’s care needs. The county council already contracts Age Concern to provide some OAP services in Preston.
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