Bruising to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ back was “ignored” by social services, the chair of the Government’s safeguarding review has told MPs. Caroline Johnson, a Conservative MP on the Commons’ Education Select
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister has today launched two separate public consultations on whistleblowing and on violence and aggression in the workplace. Both consultations will seek views on how to better
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The Government is aiming to tackle racial disparities and better meet the needs of those with learning difficulties as it unveils proposed reforms to mental health services. The Department for
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The Care Inspectorate has today announced the appointment of Jackie Irvine as their new Chief Executive. Jackie has been a Chief Social Work Officer (CSWO) for over 10 years and
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NHS England is set to “virtually eliminate” the list of those who have waited more than two years for treatment, the chief executive has said, as patients are given the
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Labour has called on ministers to “make a better fist” of dealing with low pay for council binmen and social workers than it has with striking railway workers. As shadow
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A summit on improving access to abortion services has been “constructive” and “helpful”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister (pictured) convened the summit in Edinburgh on Tuesday in order
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Councils are concerned the Government’s adult social care reforms will be “significantly underfunded” under current plans, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. The organisation, which conducted a survey of
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A Belfast conference is set to hear a call to encourage male leaders to speak out against all forms of gender-based abuse and violence. US based educator Dr Jackson Katz
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A woman has been jailed for almost five years after she and her family faked a neurological condition to scam a local authority out of more than £624,000. Frances Noble,
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