The Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and Public Health Agency (PHA) want to hear about your experiences to help shape how care is delivered in Northern Ireland. 10,000 Voices
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Mental health issues in early adulthood can impact upon a person’s future life chances, a new study has shown. Researchers at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University
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We don’t always get things right in our work with children and young people but by and large we try to do the right things, as informed by the research
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The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) has published a statistical bulletin summarising information on care leavers in Northern Ireland who left care during the year ending
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There is strong evidence to suggest that working without a plan is less effective than working with one and that, where plans are formed in collaboration with the young person,
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Teenagers aged 16 and 17 should receive special legal protection to deter those who want to sexually exploit them, a Tory MP has said. Kit Malthouse said victims of sex
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Children from gypsy, traveller or Romany backgrounds make up a “hugely disproportionate” number of inmates in youth prisons, figures reveal. One in 10 (11%) of those held in secure training
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More young people are living in poverty than those aged over 65 as a lack of well-paid jobs and affordable homes is making it harder to build a secure future,
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will today highlight charity work to improve young people’s mental wellbeing during a visit to North Wales. William and Kate have carried out a
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Young people with disabilities are being excluded from job opportunities and discouraged from using health and education services because transport facilities across the UK are not accessible enough, a charity
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