Privately run care homes which fail to provide an acceptable level of care will be held to account, Northern Ireland’s Chief Social Worker has made clear. Sean Holland was commenting
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Northern Ireland’s Chief Social Worker, Sean Holland, has today called on carers to get involved in discussions on the reform of Adult Care. His call was made as the Department
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A British mother has vowed to return to Canada to get more cannabis oil used to treat her son’s severe epilepsy after having a supply confiscated at Heathrow Airport. Charlotte
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Westminster politicians are not qualified to change abortion laws for Northern Ireland, the region’s Secretary of State has said. Karen Bradley insisted that people in Northern Ireland do not want
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Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws are incompatible with human rights legislation and need “radical reconsideration”, the UK’s highest court has urged. A majority of a seven-strong panel of Supreme Court
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Northern Ireland’s Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) have today launched a new Membership Scheme aimed at users of health and social care services, their families and friends. The aim
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Northern Ireland has published deeply concerning research findings detailing social workers’ experiences of being subjected to intimidation, threats and violence. Their report, Insult
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The UK’s highest court is set to rule on a challenge over the legality of Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law. Seven Supreme Court justices in London will announce their decision
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A high-profile Democratic Unionist and former Stormont health minister has compared the abortion regime in Great Britain to the Holocaust. Jim Wells (pictured0 claimed the numbers murdered by the Nazis
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Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the DUP after it insisted Westminster should not meddle with Northern Ireland’s strict abortion regime. As the Commons was holding an emergency debate on
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