Northern Ireland’s Health Minister, Edwin Poots, has come under fire for failing to tackle the severe problem with the payment of staff salaries. Unison says frontline staff have been pushed
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The Health and Social Services Minister for Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots, has launched minimum care standards for children’s homes. The standards set out the minimum requirements that children’s homes must
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Four residential care homes that were under threat of closure have been given a lifeline by Health Minister Edwin Poots. The homes are Thackeray Place in Limavady, Westlands in Cookstown,
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The Northen Ireland Victims’ Commissioner is to leave her post for a new role in England – a decision she has described as the most difficult of her career. The
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A community healthcare provider has announced it has 300 jobs up for grabs on the day it unveiled a £2m investment plan and opened new offices in Belfast. Co Armagh
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has announced a programme of actions to promote quality and good governance across Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland. Speaking in the NI Assembly,
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A boys’ home in Northern Ireland being examined for claims of abuse provided a “warm and caring” environment, the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry has heard. The comments were made by
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New NISCC mobile Apps to support learning in Child Development 7-12 Years and Domiciliary Care are available now to download free for Apple and Android. The Apps aim to support
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The Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland has launched new guildlines supporting the needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in nursing, residential, and day care settings and
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A £15m grant scheme has been allocated for the creation of some 6,000 new childcare places across rural areas, areas of disadvantage and within schools, the Northern Ireland Executive has
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