A child protection helpline has reported a 58% rise in the number of calls it received from Northern Ireland last year, compared to the previous year.

Work is almost complete on the new regional sexual assault referral centre at Antrim Hospital.

One hundred and eighty hospital beds are to close in major changes to the health service in Northern Ireland, the BBC understands.

People who have experienced a traumatic event have an increased likelihood of developing a range of physical and mental health conditions, according to University of Ulster research.

A health trust breached a man’s right to privacy by disclosing unproven allegations that he sexually abused his sister, a High Court judge has ruled.

WORK is almost complete on the new regional Sexual Assault Referral Centre at Antrim Area Hospital, The Rowan.

A Derry social care expert is to sit on the panel of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry.

ULSTER Unionist Councillor Drew Ritchie has welcomed news from Westminster that social care costs for the elderly are to be capped in England.

NIASW has welcomed comments by social services minister Michael McGimpsey in which he emphasised the need to safeguard social work services from cuts and praised Northern Ireland’s social workers for their role in protecting the wellbeing of the most vulnerable in our society.

Sharp rise in medication, including chemical calming ‘cosh’, revealed in database study by Queen’s University Belfast