An investigation into the sexual exploitation of 22 vulnerable young people in Northern Ireland is just the “tip of the iceberg”, according to the children’s charity, Barnardo’s. It began after

A trade union has it out after it was revealed the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust spent over £3m on travel and accommodation for its patients. The trust, one

A recruitment company for the care services is creating 100 new jobs as it marks its fifth birthday. Peninsula Care Services, which is based in Newtownards, has just opened its

University of Ulster Chancellor, Dr James Nesbitt, has praised the ‘excellent’ and ‘unselfish work’ carried out by social workers across Northern Ireland.   Chancellor Nesbitt was guest speaker at the

The Stormont health minister Edwin Poots has appealed for anyone within the social care system with information about wrongdoing to come forward. The minister’s call for “whistleblowers” follows revelations that

Health and social care bosses are meeting with the PSNI to discuss the largest investigation into child sex abuse in Northern Ireland in decades. It was reported yesterday that up

SOCIAL care chief Tony Rodgers has pointed out the vast majority of victims of child sexual exploitation live at home with their parents and the problem of abuse needs to

Some children have been plied with drugs or alcohol and trafficked around Northern Ireland in taxis for sexual exploitation, senior police said. A total of 22 suspected grooming victims have

Mental health patients in Northern Ireland are not getting adequate support in the critical week after they leave hospital, a new survey suggests. Major concerns have emerged from the study