A former senior staff member at a Belfast care home has claimed patient neglect, dirty sinks and basic hygiene issues caused her to speak out after she feared patients’ lives were at risk.

Every resident in a Londonderry nursing home for vulnerable elderly people is being given flu prevention treatment in the wake of an outbreak of the virus.

Health Minister Edwin Poots has launched a Policy Framework for adults living with long term conditions.

Northern Ireland’s voluntary sector has warned the Department of Health that it must not be expected to plug the gaps that the government is unable to fund.

WOMEN in Northern Ireland are 40 per cent more likely to be admitted to a care home than men because their partners are unable to care for them, a study has found.

The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers has welcomed the publication of a strategy for the profession but again emphasised the need for more to be done about excessive bureaucracy and workloads facing overstretched practitioners.

Learning from the deaths of children, caused by abuse and neglect, has saved lives in Northern Ireland, says John Devaney

The proposal to recognise children’s rights in the Irish constitution is a significant step in child protection

A project which encourages older people in care to reminisce and record their life stories has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

A vulnerable patient found dead at a private nursing home is believed to have been strangled.