BBC expose social housing fraud in Northern Ireland
Homeless families in Northern Ireland are unable to find a place to live as a result of benefit fraud, according to a new investigation by the BBC’s Spotlight programme. The
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Parents face 40% increase in childcare costs
The average family will be spending two fifths of their disposable income on childcare in 10 years time, a charity has claimed. Childcare is one of the biggest challenges for
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20% cut to mental health funding ‘disturbing and deeply disappointing’
Lives will be put at risk by cuts to NHS funding for mental health services, experts and doctors have warned. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper, the Royal College
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Burnham lays into coalition as MPs pass clause 119 of Care Bill
The Government have ripped up the coalition commitment to localism in the NHS by voting through sweeping powers for ministers to close hospitals, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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HSCIC Report : Children admitted to adult mental health wards ‘rising’
The number of under-18s admitted to adult mental health wards or treated on them is rising, figures show. Despite government pledges that the practice would be stamped out by 2010,
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Young men the target of new rape awareness campaign
A campaign to raise awareness about rape and educate young men about the law has been launched by police. The initiative challenges men to think about their actions and drive
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University academic claims cancer care is ageist
Older people are being denied proper access to cancer care, an academic has claimed. A high proportion of older women with a certain form of breast cancer receive less chemotherapy
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Sturgeon unveils new child poverty strategy
A new strategy to tackle child poverty has been unveiled as latest figures show that 80,000 children from working families are living below the bread line. More than half (52%)
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Failure to fund could jeopardise social care reforms
Essential social care reforms designed to improve the lives of older people, carers, and disabled people could be jeopardised if the Government fails to fund them properly, local government leaders
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Survey of palliative care in Northern Ireland is launched
A unique survey of patient and carer experiences of palliative care has been launched. The Let’s Talk About survey is being led by the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and
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