Social worker Peter Bull has been suspended from the HCPC Register for failing to fulfil his managerial and safeguarding responsibilities whilst working as Team Manager in the children with disabilities
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26% of adults in Northern Ireland live with ‘multiple deprivation’, (lacking three or more basic necessities), and this figure increases among those who experienced violent events during the ‘Troubles’, according
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The 10th ‘Annual Care Conference for Wales’ will see the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira, discussing her review into the quality of life and care of older people
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The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Claire Keatinge, has called for health and social care services affecting older people to be protected and improved following threats to the
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Large numbers of cancer patients suffer from major depression and in the vast majority of cases their mental anguish is being overlooked or ignored, a study has found. A survey
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Nurses and midwives who completed their training outside Europe are to face new assessments of their eligibility to work in the UK, it was announced today. The Nursing and Midwifery
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Nearly two in three people would hesitate to help a child who appeared lost for fear of being falsely accused, a new survey has found. In research for the NSPCC,
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South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner is facing increasing pressure to resign after a shocking report found 1,400 youngsters in a town suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period. Shaun
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The sexual exploitation of boys and young men is a much bigger problem than previously thought according to a new study. The Nuffield Foundation funded research, supported by Barnardo’s and
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The Welsh Ambulance Service will get almost £4m for a major upgrade of its fleet of vehicles, Health Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. The new funding will enable the service
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