A Holocaust survivor who wants to leave a care facility and has complained of ”feeling like a prisoner again in the German concentration camp” is set to be allowed to
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Research in Practice and their partners are interested to understand how councils are trying to enable closer and more fluid working between adult safeguarding and children’s safeguarding. Colleagues are in
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A new waiting time target, an improved diagnostic pathway and a better integrated service for adults and children with autism was announced by the Minister for Social Services and Public
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The problem of fuel poverty will not be solved in the lifetime of a child born today on current rates of progress, campaigners have warned. National Energy Action (NEA) is
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Elderly carers are not getting enough support to manage their own health needs, a charity has warned. Many older carers are forgoing their own health in order to care for
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Radio DJ Sara Cox, James Bond actor Colin Salmon and celebrity chef Marcus Wareing were among those sleeping rough on the streets of London on Thursday night to support youth
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Housing Associations and partners across Scotland have pledged up to 350 homes for vulnerable Syrian families. The response co-ordinated by the Scottish RSL Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis will
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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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Four private care homes run by a company at the centre of an undercover TV investigation provided “grim, shoddy and unsafe care”, a damning watchdog report has revealed. Distressed residents
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A sandwich shop chain which gives 100% of its profits to charity is to build a village for the homeless. Social Bite, which has cafes in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen,
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