Kincora abuse victim ‘molested by powerful people’
A child sex abuse victim has claimed he was molested by “very powerful people” at several key locations connected to an alleged VIP paedophile ring. Richard Kerr, who was a
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New Cystic Fibrosis service opens in Belfast
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Belfast Health & Social Care Trust Charitable Trust Funds have co-funded a new project to provide additional benefits advice to people with cystic fibrosis in
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Teachers survey reports children blighted and degraded by poverty
Children are turning up to school sick because their parents cannot afford to take time off to care for them, teachers have claimed. School staff are also still seeing youngsters
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Quality of care priority for new Borders care company
Adult social care sevices in the Scottish Borders have been transferred to an arm’s length organisation in a bid to help save £5.6m over five years. The move will see
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Labour claim 1,000 Sure Start centres ‘face Tory axe’
More than 1,000 centres to help parents with young children face being axed under a Conservative government, Labour has claimed. The Conservatives’ “extreme” spending plans are set to lead to
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Mental health charity urge increase in research funding
Research into mental health receives less than 1% of the funding per patient that cancer gets, analysis by a charity has found. For every £1 spent by the Government on
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New members for the NI Victims and Survivors Service Board
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter D Robinson, MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, MLA have announced the appointment of Mr Oliver Wilkinson (pictured) as Chairperson to the Board of
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Commissioner slams Belfast Trust on night tranfers of elderly
The Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland has criticised the late-night transfers of elderly patients saying it was an “indictment of the state of our health service”. Claire Keatinge
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Occupational therapist struck off over Lincolnshire care home theft
Occupational therapist John Valmoria was struck off the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Register because of a conviction for theft from a service user while working as a care
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Scottish Parliament first to receive Autism Access Award
The Scottish Parliament has become the first public building in Scotland to receive an Autism Access award from the National Autistic Society. The Presiding Officer, Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP
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