Don’t let alcohol become a problem during lockdown

While we’re all again being asked to stay at home as much as possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding people to think about their alcohol habits during this period. Drinking too much can seriously damage your health and have a negative impact on those around you. Whilst at home more, five key things to remember are: Don’t stockpile alcohol in your home – the more you have the more tempted you may be to drink. Keep out of reach and sight of children – with schools closed, children are around the house more, so set a good example, don’t drink

Northern Area Emotional Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention Partnership brochure

Northern Area Emotional Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention Partnership.

Bowel screening test kit instructions

The Northern Ireland Bowel Cancer Screening Programme introduced quantitative faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as the primary bowel cancer screening test in January 2021.

Bowel cancer screening: the next step (English and translations)

This leaflet provides information on further investigations participants may require, including colonoscopy.

Bowel cancer screening: the facts (English and translations)

The Northern Ireland Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is introducing quantitative faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as the primary bowel cancer screening test in January 2021. Quantitative FIT is more sensitive than the existing test, simpler to carry out and requires only one sample rather than three. In other parts of the UK introducing FIT has resulted in an increase in screening uptake.

This leaflet provides information on bowel cancer and the Northern Ireland Bowel cancer screening programme.

COVID-19 vaccination - Why do I have to wait? and translations

This leaflet helps explain the eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccines in Northern Ireland and why some groups of people will receive the vaccines sooner than others, based on the recommendations of the Joint Committee for Vaccin

Over 94,000 benefit from free online stress control classes

Over 94,000 people took the opportunity to learn skills to help support them in dealing with the effects of the pandemic on their mental and emotional wellbeing between June and December last year.The Public Health Agency (PHA) has now announced three further courses, which will be available from 11 th January through to March this year to meet further interest and demand. Fiona Teague Mental and Emotional Wellbeing lead at the Public Health Agency said: “We were delighted to see the number of people from across Northern Ireland who took part in the free online stress control classes last year

How to translate information on the PHA website using ReachDeck and translations

This guide gives instructions on how to translate information on the PHA website, including PDFs, into other languages using the ReachDeck tool (previously known as Browsealoud). 

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