Caring for the terminally ill: your views sought by medical council
Wed 10th June 2009 02:54 pm
The General Medical Council is today asking people across Northern Ireland for their views on new draft guidelines for the care of terminally ill patients.
The call comes as the GMC, which regul... read more »
Bar to pay £4,000 over race case
Mon 8th June 2009 02:23 pm
man has been awarded £4,000 after taking a case against a south Belfast pub for race discrimination.
Julius Anakaa, also won an injunction prohibiting the Empire Bar from future discriminatio... read more »
Health Minister launches new guidance for care of older people
Mon 8th June 2009 02:15 pm
Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has launched new guidance to support nurses in delivering expert, person centred, and compassionate care to older people in Northern Ireland.
Guidance for the care ... read more »
Most homophobic hate crimes in Northern Ireland not reported
Tue 2nd June 2009 02:24 pm
The majority of homophobic hate crimes in Northern Ireland are not reported to police despite appeals for victims to come forward, a major survey on the issue revealed today.
The survey of more ... read more »
Government committed to tackling domestic violence - McGimpsey and Goggins
Thu 14th May 2009 04:39 pm
The Government is fully committed to tackling the insidious crime that is domestic violence, Health Minister Michael McGimpsey and Policing and Justice Minister Paul Goggins reaffirmed on Tuesday 12th... read more »
Jailed Catholics 'less well off'
Tue 12th May 2009 05:04 pm
Catholics in prisons in Northern Ireland get fewer privileges than their Protestant counterparts.
A report by Criminal Justice Inspection says 80% of prison officers are Protestants and Catholic i... read more »
Warning over NI fostering crisis
Mon 11th May 2009 02:11 pm
Northern Ireland faces a fostering crisis if younger people do not take children into their care, a report has said.
More than half of foster carers are in their 50s, 60s or 70s.
The Fostering... read more »
Quarter of Northern Ireland children living in poverty
Fri 8th May 2009 02:38 pm
A quarter of children in Northern Ireland are living below the breadline, Government figures have revealed.
Despite Labour’s pledge to halve child poverty by 2010, figures showed 24% of Ulster’s... read more »
Smear tests important in over 50s
Fri 8th May 2009 02:29 pm
Cervical screening continues to pick up abnormalities in women over 50, say UK researchers, despite calls to cut the programme in older women.
There has been "much discussion" about whet... read more »
Dodds hails new website as the future of Government services
Fri 8th May 2009 02:22 pm
Government services and information are being made more accessible to the people of Northern Ireland.
That was the message from Finance Minister Nigel Dodds at the official launch of a new government... read more »
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