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.

By 2051, 60,000 people will suffer from dementia. The Assembly must look seriously at the provision of elderly care, says Kathryn Johnston

Northern Ireland’s care regulator, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA), has written to carehome.co.uk to highlight the qualities of the procedures and practices the organisation follows when regulating care provision, after it was heavily criticised last week by a former carer.

The treatment of people with chronic pain is to be discussed at conference in Northern Ireland today.