The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) has expressed concerns to the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust regarding staff shortages in the sector:

In the letter, a union representative said the trust must end its policy of cutting frontline services.

The Belfast Trust said its number of vacancies were “within normal levels”.

Kevin McCabe, the union’s officer representing the health sector, said that the McElhill case in Omagh and the Baby P case in Haringey had caused heightened scrutiny of child protection policy.

via BBC News