A leading homeless charity has called for disused homes across Scotland to be brought back into use to help reduce housing waiting lists. Shelter Scotland made the call at a conference which focused on the private renting market.
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Glasgow is leading the way in the care of runaway children. A new report shows most other local authorities across Scotland are failing to provide support services for some of the country’s most vulnerable youngsters.
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The Health Service Executive has announced it is to increase the number of sexual assault treatment units. Two new units will open in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar and at University College Hospital Galway, while a new pay and on-call system is to be introduced for GPs elsewhere.
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An Ulster charity worker is accused of storing more than 23,000 images of child sex abuse on his computer. Londonderry man John Llewelyn James (39) is now at the centre of one of the biggest alleged cases of child pornography ever uncovered in Northern Ireland.
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Professionals working with children in Wales are to be issued with guidance on how to pick up on child trafficking. Figures suggest more than 300 children have been trafficked into the UK since 2004, ending up in, among other things, prostitution and forced labour.
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Mental health patients are to attend special sessions aimed at preventing them from committing crimes. Around 500 violent crimes are carried out by people with mental health problems in Lincolnshire each year.
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Earlier this year the Government gave Cornwall County Council a £740,000 grant to allocate to care homes in the county to improve the quality of life and dignity of the residents.
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A woman fighting to stop her unborn baby being taken from her at birth is considering having an abortion because she does not want her child to go into care.
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The Department of Health last night insisted it is committed to providing high quality care for stroke patients in Northern Ireland in response to criticism that it was denying sufferers a ‘clot- busting’ drug.
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Experts from across the world are due to discuss the issue of suicide at a special conference in Killarney, Co Kerry, this week.
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