The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Chair, Jim Perry, is receiving an MBE in this year’s Queens birthday honours for his services to the Community in Ballymena. Colum Conway,
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Theresa May must immediately implement a promised redress scheme for victims of historical child abuse in Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party has said. The collapse of Stormont has meant
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The UK’s highest court has narrowly rejected an appeal by a mother and daughter in their legal battle for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS
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Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said he wants the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to “change its position” on LGBTI issues. Prime Minister Theresa May is due to meet DUP leader
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Same-sex marriage campaigners in Northern Ireland have urged thousands of people to take to the streets in protest against the DUP’s refusal to approve a law change. LGBT activists gathered
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC), as the NI partner of the UK Sector Skills Council ‘Skills for Care & Development’ (SfCD) has been assessed as meeting the Federation
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Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann wants Northern Ireland’s health trusts to be merged into a single body in an overhaul of the healthcare system. The party’s manifesto says that to
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The Western Trust has celebrated the outstanding contributions made by Social Work staff at an awards ceremony held in the Guildhall Derry/Londonderry earlier this month. The awards ceremony celebrated the innovation
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A new regional integrated health and social care service working directly in mainstream primary schools supporting children has been launched this month in Northern Ireland. ‘RISE’ (Regional Integrated Support for
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An online abortion service can offer an alternative to unsafe methods of ending pregnancies, a study of women in Northern Ireland and the Republic concluded. Almost 95% of interventions were
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