The Niamh Louise Foundation today held a pre-launch of their new service which is a vehicle especially deisgned to offer support to rural communities and those living in isolation. The
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Encouraging progress has been made to resolve a Stormont crisis over the non-implementation of welfare reforms, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has said. But Ms Villiers (pictured) stressed that time
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A Belfast charity supporting people bereaved or injured by the violence in Northern Ireland has won £30,000 in a UK-wide competition recognising excellence in health and wellbeing. Over 15 years
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The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has declared a major incident in response to the number of staff threatening to strike in the region today. Ambulance personnel are among tens of
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Striking public sector workers cheered and chanted as the budget was branded the worst Northern Ireland had ever seen. Hundreds of people including bus drivers, nurses, teachers and fire fighters
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The Carnegie Roundtable on Measuring Wellbeing in Northern Ireland has launched a set of ten recommendations to help improve wellbeing in Northern Ireland. The Roundtable was initiated and supported by
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A new supported housing scheme which aims to maintain the independence of people with dementia has been officially opened in Belfast. The £5M Hemsworth Court development, on the Shankill Road,
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The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) has published a new report on health inequalities within Health & Social Care (HSC) Trusts and Local Government Districts (LGD).
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The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) will be protesting outside the Health & Social Care Board and Public Health Agency in Belfast tomorrow to highlight the impact of the
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Social Services Minister Jim Wells has paid tribute to Northern Ireland’s social workers following an event to recognise and celebrate excellence in social work practice. The fourth Regional Social Work
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