Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Northern Ireland: Annual surveillance report 2013

This report presents the epidemiological data for tuberculosis cases reported in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm Western Area. Supplement 2: Recommended Next Care Following Hospital Treated Self-Harm in the Western Area of Northern Ireland, 2007-2012

This supplement  explores the recommended next care of hospital-treated self-harm in the Western Health and Social Care Trust area.

In February 2015 the Public Health Agency (PHA) launched a six year review on the incidence of self-harm in the Western Health & Social Care Trust (WHSCT) area of Northern Ireland (NI). This was the fourth report to emerge from the Northern Ireland (NI) Registry of Self-Harm and the first to report on long-term trends (2007 to 2012).

Director of Public Health Annual Report 2014 and core tables 2013

The sixth Director of Public Health Annual Report, detailing the main public health challenges in Northern Ireland, is being launched this morning. It also provides information on the wide variety of work undertaken by the PHA and its partners during 2014 to improve the health and social wellbeing of the population.

Each year, the report focuses on an overarching area, which this year is ‘Adults aged 18–64 years’. There are also two supplementary documents of key data and core tables being launched alongside the report and which help to put into context many of the figures being reported.

This is the sixth Director of Public Health (DPH) Annual Report, detailing the main public health challenges in Northern Ireland. It also provides information on the wide variety of work undertaken by the PHA and its partners during 2014 to improve the health and social wellbeing of the population.

Each year, the report focuses on an overarching area, which this year is ‘Adults aged 18–64 years’.

Public Health Agency - 008

Submitted by Lynda Kernohan on

Name of Contract:  Services to promote informed choice for the Bowel, Breast and Cervical Cancer screening Programmes

Organisation Awarded Contract:  The Contract for the above Service has been awarded to WRDA Co Ltd who will deliver the Service across Northern Ireland.

Contract Duration: 1 June 2015 - 31 May 2018 with the option to extend for two periods of 12 months to 31 May 2020

Reporting on suicide poster (media guidelines)

A guidance poster for newsrooms which includes ten things to remember when reporting suicide. The poster is taken from Samaritans and Irish Association of Suicidology’s Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide.

A guidance poster for newsrooms which includes ten things to remember when reporting suicide. The poster is taken from Samaritans and Irish Association of Suicidology’s Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide.

Smoke free signs at schools to protect young people

The Public Health Agency (PHA), in conjunction with the Education Authority, has installed smoke free signs at the school gates of over 100 primary schools in the South Eastern region to encourage parents and guardians to stub it out and help protect their children from the harmful effects of...

Public Health Agency

Submitted by Katie O'Connor on

Name of contract:             

Community Based services for Young People who are identified as having Substance Misuse difficulties

 Organisations awarded:       

This contract has been awarded to the following organisations who will deliver the services in their specific lot areas:

Public Health Agency

Submitted by Katie O'Connor on

Name of contract:             

Community Based Early Intervention Services for Adults and Family Members Affected by Substance Misuse

Organisations awarded:       

This contract has been awarded to the following organisations who will deliver the services in their specific lot areas:

Public Health Agency

Submitted by Katie O'Connor on

Name of contract:             

Provision of Support, Care, Facilitation and Harm Reduction Services for People who are misusing Substances (Low Threshold Services)

Organisations awarded:       

This contract has been awarded to the following organisations who will deliver programmes in their specific lot areas:

Public Health Agency

Submitted by Katie O'Connor on

Name of contract:             

Therapeutic Services for Children, Young People and Families Affected by Parental Substance Misuse

Organisations awarded:       

This contract has been awarded to the following organisations who will deliver the services in their specific lot areas:

Barnardo's Northern Ireland:     Belfast HSCT & South Eastern HSCT

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