Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that more women took their own lives in 2015 than at any time in the previous decade, and that
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One of the first appointments for Northern Ireland’s new Deputy Chief Social Work Officer in NI was meeting with the team at the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. NISCC Chief
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Michelle O’Neill, MLA, has cut the first sod for a new purpose-built acute mental health inpatient unit at Belfast City Hospital yesterday. This facility will provide
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Northern Ireland’s social workers have been honoured at the 2016 Social Work Awards ceremony in Armagh this week. Hosted for the first time by the Southern Health and Social Care
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland has published a report on the extent of self-harm over the past three years. The Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm Three-Year Report
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) are reviewing their Code of Practice for Employers of Social Care Workers and are seeking need your views on the draft revised standards.
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The latest figures released by the Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland show a 13% overall decrease in new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections. However, within that there was
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Health Minister, Michelle O’Neill has officially opened Old See House, an integrated community mental health resource centre in north Belfast. The centre brings together a number of community mental health
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Asking, listening and getting help for someone can prevent suicide. That was the message from Health Ministers, Michelle O’Neill MLA and Simon Harris TD as they jointly launched a new
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) and the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) are urging people who have used an adult safeguarding service since January 2015 to share their experience
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