A unique guide aimed at improving the training of social work students in Northern Ireland has been launched by a University of Ulster academic. The Good Practice Guide on Citizen Involvement in Social Work Education in the Northern Ireland Context examines how service users and carers as citizens can be involved in the education of the students undertaking their degree course at the University.

A retired health worker has been disciplined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over the death of an orphan and injury to his brother. Claire McDonnell, 66, was in charge of the care of David and Samuel Briggs. The Romanian twins were adopted by a Northern Ireland missionary, who was jailed for hurting the injured boy.

More than £4m will be spent on tackling suicide in Northern Ireland over the next two years, Health Minister Shaun Woodward has said.

Health chiefs in the North West are forging new links with schools to encourage students into careers in the health service.

The month of March is a time when Irish people all over the world take pride in their blood ancestry and their heritage – culminating with St Patrick’s Day.

On the 31st March 2006 at Croke Park, The Medical Council is hosting a consultative forum on Competence Assurance Structures.

Who would want to be a social care worker in light of today’s survey on the level of violence they encounter in the workplace?