Senior academic appointed to advise health and social care review
A senior University of Ulster academic is to advise a Stormont Executive commissioned Review of Health and Social Care Services in Northern Ireland.
A senior University of Ulster academic is to advise a Stormont Executive commissioned Review of Health and Social Care Services in Northern Ireland.
Up to 500 nursing jobs are waiting to be filled in care homes for the elderly, it has been claimed.
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has condemned plans to slash on-call payments made to social workers by around 60%, branding the plans “utterly unacceptable”.
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THE latest statistics show that there has been a 10 percent rise in the number of children placed on the Protection Register this year in the Western Health Trust area, despite a two per cent drop in the last quarter.
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A care worker at a Belfast residential home who failed to give a patient medication and then hid her mistake has been suspended from the social care register.
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The leader of Northern Ireland’s voluntary sector has issued a stark warning over the future of charities after a report warned of multi-million pound cuts.
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Social services in Dungannon have intervened to protect four children who were left at home when their parents went on holiday.
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Childcare providers here will have to adhere to tougher standards from early next year.
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There are growing concerns about the suicide rate in Northern Ireland, especially among young men. That’s after figures reached a record level last year.
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An Enniskillen care home for people with mental health problems has been evacuated after a fire.
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