Major incident declared over Northern Irish strike
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has declared a major incident in response to the number of staff threatening to strike in the region today. Ambulance personnel are among tens of
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Millions of public service complaints going unreported
A watchdog has called for the next government to commit to reforming the public service complaints system after finding at least five million people did not report their problems last
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Social care insufficient and will get worse, say GPs
Nearly nine in 10 GPs questioned for a survey said they feared that social care services were not providing sufficient care for patients leading to extra pressure on surgeries and
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£50m to tackle substance misuse in Wales over next year
More than £50m will be invested in programmes to tackle drug and alcohol misuse by the Welsh Government over the next year, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething announced today. The
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Too many children being placed in care, Welsh Minister
More needs to be done to repair families instead of rescuing children and putting them into care, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has said at a looked after
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Children need to stop ‘putting themselves at risk’, chief constable
The key to preventing child sexual exploitation is stopping young people who are “determined to put themselves at risk”, from running away from care homes, the chief constable of Greater
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Scots Gov announce details of £15 million mental health fund
Details of a new £15 million fund to improve innovation and services in mental health have been announced in the Scottish Parliament. Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and
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Health and Social Care Bill clears latest Lords hurdle
New laws designed to integrate health and social care services better to ensure the failures in patient safety exposed in the Mid Staffordshire scandal are not repeated have cleared their
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Hundreds of workers join mass rally in Belfast
Striking public sector workers cheered and chanted as the budget was branded the worst Northern Ireland had ever seen. Hundreds of people including bus drivers, nurses, teachers and fire fighters
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Wales replace ILF with £20M fund to support severly disabled
A new £20m fund to support more than 1,600 severely disabled people in Wales with their care needs will be devolved to local authorities when the existing UK fund closes
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