The Western Trust Memory Service is celebrating after being announced winners in the first ever University of Stirling International Dementia Awards, recently held in Birmingham. The Memory Service won the
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The MS Society and British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (BHF NI) have launched a joint campaign opposing the reintroduction of prescription charges for people living with long-term conditions. The “Keep
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An inquiry into historical institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland will recommend that victims are paid compensation for the trauma they endured, its chairman has said. Retired judge Sir Anthony
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For the first time a majority of Stormont Assembly members have voted to legalise same sex marriage in Northern Ireland, but the law change will not happen due to a
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The PSNI, working with the Commissioner for Older People, have launched the ‘Nominated Neighbour’ scheme to assist older people feel safe from unwanted callers in their homes. The initiative means
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People across the UK with vascular dementia are being asked to take part in a Queen’s University Belfast clinical trial into a possible new treatment of the disease. Researchers from the
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) has announced details of its next Lunchtime Seminar. ‘Reforming our Health and Social Care Systems: An Update on Transforming Your Care’ will take
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An innovative new service providing older people with expert medical and social care in their own home has been launched in Belfast. The new Acute Care at Home team involves
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The writer of the Father Ted comedy series has described the heartbreak of losing a child to a foetal abnormality, and called for abortion laws to be liberalised in Ireland.
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Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Older People, Claire Keatinge, has called on the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to ensure perpetrators of crimes against older people are brought to justice following
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