After a successful first year, the Northern Ireland Social Care Council will once again act as a Host Board for the Boardroom Apprentice programme. By offering individuals the opportunity of
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The Schools of Health and Social Work (HSK) and Life and Medical Sciences (LMS) at the University of Hertfordshire are offering a new Professional Doctorate in Public Health specifically designed
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The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, has published a report which calls for change in how older victims of crime experience the criminal justice system. The
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Care workers in Yorkshire after being paid less and facing cuts to their working conditions as a result of council homes being transferred into private ownership. That was the key
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Free bus passes are linked to increased happiness for older people, according to a new study. People who get concessionary travel are more likely to enjoy a better quality of
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Medicinal cannabis should be welcomed by UK doctors, like penicillin was decades ago, to unlock its potential, an expert has suggested. Professor David Nutt (pictured), from Imperial College London, warned
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A Kenyan singer and actor is unlawfully keeping his child in Nairobi after becoming involved in a London family court dispute with his British ex-partner, lawyers say. Shiv Singh Benawra
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A 17-year-old boy has been detained in a psychiatric hospital indefinitely after killing a university lecturer with electric drills, knives and a hammer. The teenager carried out the “sustained and
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A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is to be prosecuted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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A Bill requiring all police officers to have mandatory autism awareness training has been introduced into the House of Commons. Labour MP Ann Clwyd said it would lead to fewer
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