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

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

Marie-Louise Connolly reports on how and why young people in care become prey for those who exploit them. Vulnerable children plied with drink or drugs and passed between men for

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

Limavady Borough Council has become embroiled in an embarrassing debacle over their failure to respond to the healthcare reforms recommending care home closures throughout Northern Ireland. Amid ongoing fears for

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust has recently learned that a healthcare worker who worked in the Maternity & Gynaecology Department in Mid-Ulster Hospital only, from January to November

Lissue Children’s Unit is to be investigated by the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry. Last month it was revealed that of the 355 individuals who have applied to speak to the

The Health Minister, Justice Minister and Chief Constable have officially launched The Rowan in Antrim – Northern Ireland’s only regional Sexual Assault Referral Centre. The Rowan offers a range of