Health and social care bosses are meeting with the PSNI to discuss the largest investigation into child sex abuse in Northern Ireland in decades. It was reported yesterday that up

SOCIAL care chief Tony Rodgers has pointed out the vast majority of victims of child sexual exploitation live at home with their parents and the problem of abuse needs to

Some children have been plied with drugs or alcohol and trafficked around Northern Ireland in taxis for sexual exploitation, senior police said. A total of 22 suspected grooming victims have

Limavady Borough Council has become embroiled in an embarrassing debacle over their failure to respond to the healthcare reforms recommending care home closures throughout Northern Ireland. Amid ongoing fears for

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust has recently learned that a healthcare worker who worked in the Maternity & Gynaecology Department in Mid-Ulster Hospital only, from January to November

Lissue Children’s Unit is to be investigated by the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry. Last month it was revealed that of the 355 individuals who have applied to speak to the

The Health Minister, Justice Minister and Chief Constable have officially launched The Rowan in Antrim – Northern Ireland’s only regional Sexual Assault Referral Centre. The Rowan offers a range of

Bringing care closer to communities is key priority for the health sector – Health Minister Edwin Poots has said. The Minister was speaking after a meeting with members of Carrickfergus

A County Tyrone man has said he will fight to keep his mother in an NHS residential care home, in spite of being told the local trust is restricting admissions.

Health chiefs have rebutted claims that a new public consultation on the closure of state-run care homes is a box-ticking exercise. The Health and Social Care Board (HSCB), which was