A NEW hard-hitting campaign to drive home the serious consequences of underage drinking has been unveiled by Antrim police.

Doctors have treated 125 cases of sexually transmitted infections in under 16s in the past six years, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

A new free service for adults with learning disabilities has been launched by the Western Health and Social Care Trust. The aim is to support people with a learning disability to make decisions which affect their lives and to provide independent information about the options available.

Glenn Houston, Chief Executive of RQIA – Northern Ireland’s independent regulator of health and social care services – today welcomed the findings of a Queen’s University study on MRSA rates in nursing homes in the Northern Trust area, which includes Coleraine.

A Creggan Pre-school is fighting to secure funds that could stop it from closing at the end of the month. Like many groups in Derry, Creggan Preschool and Training Trust have lost their funding from the Department of Social Development. For the past year they’ve been surviving on the goodwill of staff, fundraising by parents, and their reserves.

WHITEHEAD and Greenisland residents with questions on debt, benefits, employment and other issues can now seek help on their doorstep.

One in four residents of private nursing homes in the Northern Trust area carry MRSA, a study has found. The study, conducted by Queen’s University and Antrim Area hospital, surveyed 1,111 residents and 553 staff in 45 homes in the Northern Trust area.

How can care for people with epilepsy be improved? That is the question nursing experts from the University of Ulster will be asking as part of a new project.

Local government and primary care trusts are being urged to be more ‘joined up’ in the commissioning of social care services for people with cancer.

Disturbing details of children being seriously injured and even killed through abuse in Northern Ireland are exposed by the Belfast Telegraph today.