NI Children Still Divided: Study
Ten years after the main paramilitary ceasefires Northern Ireland remains divided, a BBC survey into children’s attitudes has indicated. State of Minds: The Children is the largest survey of its kind.
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Consultation On Streamlined Health And Social Care Complaints System
The Department of Health is today launching a consultation paper on a new approach to dealing with complaints in health and social care which will make it easier for people to complain when things go wrong.
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‘Failure Of Care’ For Suicide Boy
A report on the suicide of a teenager in April 2005 has found serious failure of care by the health service. Danny McCartan, 18, had a history of depression and self harm. The trust has apologised.
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Commons’ Opportunity To Create ‘Humane Mental Health Bill’
The House of Commons has the chance to make major improvements to the Mental Health Bill, the Mental Health Alliance has said. The 75-member coalition working for a humane and
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Prisons In ‘Desperate’ Options Crisis
A former Cardiff prison governor has accused the government of breaking a promise that only carefully-vetted prisoners, who were unlikely to be violent, would be placed in court cells. Courtroom cells currently hold 24 prisoners, but the Prison Service has put courts on stand-by to accommodate up to 100 inmates a night.
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Watchdog Condemns Mental Health Bill
The Commission for Racial Equality have condemned the Department of Health for presenting information to Parliament, on the 2006 Mental Health Bill, which they say ‘is at best flawed and at worst misleading’.
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Welsh Minister Supports Pay Settlement For Nurses
The Minister of Health and Social Services in Wales has said she will press the UK government to implement a full 2.5% pay award for all nurses. Director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Tina Donnelly, appreciated the news saying:
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Liver Disease ‘Doubles In Decade’
The number of people in Scotland diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease has doubled in a decade. Information released to the Scots Tories in response to a parliamentary question, showed figures in some areas had trebled and even quadrupled.
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1.3m Children ‘In Severe Poverty’
As many as 1.3 million children in the UK are living in severe poverty, according to a report. Research found that around one in 10 children are in families on
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Gene Defect Find In Asthma Study
Scientists in Dundee carrying out research into asthma believe they have made a breakthrough which could alter the treatment of the condition. The University of Dundee team announced last year that they had identified the gene producing the protein filaggrin which causes asthma and eczema.
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