A health trust breached a man’s right to privacy by disclosing unproven allegations that he sexually abused his sister, a High Court judge has ruled.

WORK is almost complete on the new regional Sexual Assault Referral Centre at Antrim Area Hospital, The Rowan.

A Derry social care expert is to sit on the panel of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry.

ULSTER Unionist Councillor Drew Ritchie has welcomed news from Westminster that social care costs for the elderly are to be capped in England.

NIASW has welcomed comments by social services minister Michael McGimpsey in which he emphasised the need to safeguard social work services from cuts and praised Northern Ireland’s social workers for their role in protecting the wellbeing of the most vulnerable in our society.

Sharp rise in medication, including chemical calming ‘cosh’, revealed in database study by Queen’s University Belfast

Following the successful publication of the findings from NIASW’s ‘Social Work not Paperwork – Cutting Bureaucracy in Childcare Social Work’ survey in November 2012, the Association is pleased to launch the Adult Services Survey, which is now live.

The chair of the trade union Unison’s Foyle branch has said he fears Slievemore nursing unit could close in two weeks.

A lifeline for people at risk of suicide could be facing the axe, campaigners warned today. Bereaved families, carers and mental health patients have called for the Stormont Health Minister to intervene and save the Card Before You Leave (CBYL) scheme.

Health chiefs owe a legal duty to assess and review the community care needs of mental health patients in NI, a High Court judge has ruled.