A £15m grant scheme has been allocated for the creation of some 6,000 new childcare places across rural areas, areas of disadvantage and within schools, the Northern Ireland Executive has
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has laid out his vision for health and social care in Northern Ireland at a seminar in Belfast. The Minister said that from the beginning of
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A brand new app to support Northern Irish staff working in childminding settings has been launched. The app,’Health and Safety in the Childminding Setting’, has been developed in partnership with
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A new organisation, dedicated to the support of people whose lives have been impacted by human trafficking, has been officially launched by Extreme World host Ross Kemp. Kemp attended the
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The University of Ulster has said new research it has carried out indicates a direct link between suicidal behaviour in Northern Ireland having experienced the violence of the Troubles first
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A new team has been set up to expand services to transport sick children in Northern Ireland. Health Minister Edwin Poots launched the expansion of the Northern Ireland Specialist Transport
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Forty extra nursing posts are to be appointed following the review of staffing levels at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. The jobs will be distributed between the accident and
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New research has found that one in ten adolescents in Northern Ireland self-harm and that past exposure to the Northern Ireland conflict and social media are new associated risk factors.
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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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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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