The Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland has criticised the late-night transfers of elderly patients saying it was an “indictment of the state of our health service”. Claire Keatinge
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The Commissioner for Older People, Claire Keatinge, has hosted a seminar with a leading expert on ageing for politicians and policy makers on how Northern Ireland can be better prepared
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Northern Ireland Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced the start of free Sign Language classes for parents of deaf children. The classes, which will be held at Jordanstown School
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The Regional Service User Network (RSUN), with support from Council for the Homeless Northern Ireland (CHNI) and the Public Health Agency (PHA), hosted a conference last week to look at
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The effectiveness of youth conferences as a way of dealing proportionately with children who break the law has been examined in a report published today by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) has signed up to a new set of Regional PPI (Personal and Public Involvement) Standards which will ensure they continue to fully involve
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Commendable progress has been made by Northern Ireland’s criminal justice agencies in meeting needs of victims and witnesses, but there is no room for complacency. These were the headlines from
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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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