Bringing care closer to communities is key priority
Bringing care closer to communities is key priority for the health sector – Health Minister Edwin Poots has said. The Minister was speaking after a meeting with members of Carrickfergus
Read MoreBringing care closer to communities is key priority for the health sector – Health Minister Edwin Poots has said. The Minister was speaking after a meeting with members of Carrickfergus
Read MoreA County Tyrone man has said he will fight to keep his mother in an NHS residential care home, in spite of being told the local trust is restricting admissions.
Read MoreHealth chiefs have rebutted claims that a new public consultation on the closure of state-run care homes is a box-ticking exercise. The Health and Social Care Board (HSCB), which was
Read MoreAn ‘exercise in gobbledegook’ was the verdict of SDLP councillors in Limavady after a meeting with Department of Health officials to discuss the future of Thackeray Place care home in
Read MoreBenefits to the tune of more than £350,000 have been issued to vulnerable households thanks to a new initiative. That’s because the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) joined
Read MoreAround 30 new jobs will be created in a £2.5m project as a care home in Co Londonderry is extended with the needs of dementia sufferers in mind. The Cottage
Read MoreHealth Minister Edwin Poots today published a report summarising the findings of the recent consultation on ‘Who Cares? The Future of Adult Care and Support in Northern Ireland’. This was
Read MoreThere is “clear confusion” about responsibilities within the adult care and support system in Northern Ireland and a level of public mistrust of the motives of Government when it comes
Read More“Our goal must be to ensure that older people are given every chance to live their lives to the full and as independently as possible.” That was the key message
Read MoreThere are fears that day care centres for adults with learning disabilities could face cuts as part of a review by the Health and Social Care Board. The Board said
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