Securing post-qualifying qualifications can help make social workers more resistent to burnout, initial findings from research into building resilience amongst social workers in Northern Ireland has suggested.

A NEW unit providing the only specialist palliative care beds available within the NHS in Northern Ireland has opened at Antrim Area Hospital.

The University of Ulster has appointed Brian Taylor as Professor of Social Work within the School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies.

Health Minister Edwin Poots has defended staff working in Northern Ireland’s nursing homes, saying the majority provide good quality care.

Residential homes across Northern Ireland are failing to meet some of the most basic standards of care for our elderly, a shocking new report has found.

The mother of one of five children whose deaths are the subject of a public inquiry broke down as details of her son’s final hours were discussed.

A Northern Ireland project to provide early intervention support for young children and their families affected by domestic violence has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

More than 32,000 children in NI live with domestic abuse and a local support group has been awarded lottery money to try and help some of them.

Belfast’s Lord Mayor Niall O’Donnghaile has said he wants to tackle the growing problem of suicide head on before his term of office ends.

The health minister has said he feels aggrieved that no-one has been prosecuted over alleged child abuse at two former children’s hospitals.