Have your say on Health and Social Care (HSC) priorities for the coming year

Register for our engagement workshop on 1 May The Public Health Agency (PHA) and Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) are currently working on the development of the Commissioning Plan for 2015-16. This plan sets out the key areas where money will be invested over the coming year. Service users, carers and members of the public, have already helped shape and inform six key themes (listed below) that will be the focus during 2015-16:

Age Appropriate Hearing Assessment Diagnostic Testing Guidance

Parental or professional concern regarding an infant/young child’s hearing may be identified at any time.  Where such concern is identified, direct referral should be made, irrespective of newborn hearing screening outcomes and with parental agreement. 

People invited to share experiences of palliative care

A public engagement programme is underway inviting patients, carers and families to share their experiences of care to help improve services for people with non-curable and serious illnesses. During the month of April the ‘Let’s Talk About’ care programme is calling on people across Northern Ireland to share their experiences by completing an open survey at www.caresurvey.org

Learning from substance misuse experiences

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 yesterday [Thursday 26 March] to look at service user involvement and harm reduction. People who use substance misuse services had an opportunity to share their experiences to help improve services and to tackle and reduce the harm associated with substance misuse.

Step by Step

This booklet has been developed for adults with learning disabilities to encourage them to walk more. Using simply illustrated text, it outlines the benefits of walking for everyone and encourages participants to track their daily steps in order to build up to over 10,000 a day.

Regional Health and Social Care Personal and Public Involvement Forum: Annual Update Report 2013/14

The Regional HSC PPI Annual Report for 2013/14 provides an up-date of the work of the Forum and outlines the key areas that have been progressed including the development of PPI standards and the advancement of a generic PPI awareness raising and training programme.

Vulnerable groups getting FareShare of food

A project that distributes surplus food to charities and voluntary organisations is having a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged groups. Council for the Homeless NI (CHNI) FareShare is directly tackling food poverty in Northern Ireland by collecting surplus food from industry and redistributing it to charities that are providing meals to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including low income families, senior citizens, people with a disability, victims of domestic violence, at-risk young people and homeless people.

Guidelines for the provision of temporary drinking water supplies at events in Northern Ireland

 

This guidance is intended for use by organisers of events such as music festivals or agricultural shows where a temporary water supply may be required. It applies to all events that may require a connection to a new water supply as well as events that may require a connection to an existing supply, e.g. annual events taking place on the same showground.

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