The HSC Safety Forum has themed its work for quality and safety in healthcare under four main headings. Relevant papers and articles are listed below under these themes. In addition, a further section for general documents on patient safety-related areas has also been included.
The Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register (NICPR) is a confidential record of children and young people living with cerebral palsy within Northern Ireland.
The NICPR is held at the Queen's University of Belfast and is funded by the Public Health Agency. Contact from parents and people with cerebral palsy is particularly welcome.
Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) is the active and effective involvement of service users, carers and the public in Health and Social Care (HSC) services.
A number of key PHA staff are instrumental in taking forward governance issues, including a Senior Operations Manager, a Chief Executive Office and Committee Manager and a Governance Manager.
The PHA is obliged to ensure that all funding is allocated in a manner that meets with standards of practice required of a statutory organisation. Below are the processes used by the PHA.
The PHA is required to deliver on ministerial priorities and objectives as set out in Priorities for Action.
This section will provide updates on progress being made across the organisation in delivering on the following targets:
The PHA is fully committed to equal opportunities and this section focuses on our responsibilities as a public body in Northern Ireland.
Under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 there is a legal requirement for public authorities to consider the possible impact of all their decisions on nine specified equality categories and also how to promote equality of opportunity and good relations in all areas of our work.
The PHA has a standardised process for ensuring that all payments are authorised appropriately, please see the attached documents for further details on the authorisation of payments within the PHA.