TEMPLEPATRICK woman Susan Semple, who was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, said she was surprised and delighted with the accolade.

Belfast Health and Social Care (BHSC) Trust has been slammed with the second largest ever fine to be issued by the UK’s information watchdog, after a serious data breach saw the personal data of thousands of patients and staff compromised.

Services in Northern Ireland that treat people with potentially fatal eating disorders are lagging behind the rest of the UK, according to campaigners.

Many homeless people with complex needs do not receive the support they need from agencies, a recently completed research project suggests. The ESRC-funded HOME project assessed whether services are more geared to meeting the priorities of the agencies rather than those of homeless individuals.

Retired High Court judge Sir Anthony Hart is to chair the NI Executive’s inquiry into institutional child abuse.

Software provider Orion Health will provide clinical portal-based electronic care record covering more than 1.8 million people

A Belfast carer has been recognised for the 14 years of work she has done for dementia care, at the first Northern Ireland Dementia Excellence awards.

The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has criticised relocation plans that will leave some health administration workers in Derry with a choice between long commutes or the prospect of unemployment, claiming it will impact both employees and service users.

THEY say they are just an ordinary couple but Aghagallon husband and wife, Brian and Elaine McManus have the unique accomplishment of fostering 60 children over the past six years.

A centre for people with learning disabilities has been saved after health bosses agreed to honour an original funding agreement, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.