The troubled inquiry into historical child abuse has been hit by a fresh blow after an adviser resigned. Former child protection manager Peter McKelvie announced he had “reluctantly” concluded it
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The mother of a teenager whose death Alan Yentob linked to the closure of Kids Company accused the BBC executive of trying to score political points out of the tragedy.
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Thousands of doctors are expected to join a protest in London over the Government’s plans to impose a new contract. The march is the second of its kind in the
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The head of a suicide-prevention service has said that over 100 jobs are at risk in its call centres across Northern Ireland. Lifeline employs 134 people in two offices in
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The next steps in preventing and eradicating hate crime in Scotland have been discussed at a Scottish Government summit. Hosted by the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Paul
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A new study by Swansea University academics of people with dementia who live in care homes and have been prescribed medicines for their mental health, has found that structured scrutiny
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The University of Stirling’s leading centre for improving dementia services is calling on the public to share their views ahead of its major international conference. Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre
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The founder of the defunct Kids Company charity has denied handing out hundreds of pounds “willy-nilly” in payments to vulnerable young people. Camila Batmanghelidjh said that all the payments made
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Restrictions on recruiting nurses from overseas have been temporarily lifted to aid recruitment. Nurses will be added to the Government’s Shortage Occupation List, which means nurses from outside the European
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Two local authorities have been duped into employing a social worker who, unknown to the other, was working nearly 60 hours a week. Social worker Tolulase Roche began working for
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