Smoke-free workplaces

This pack provides information on why smoking should be addressed within the workplace and gives details on the Public Health Agency-funded stop smoking services available to employers.

It outlines the advantages to workplaces and staff of stopping smoking, including health and wealth benefits, and provides full guidance on how to set up a workplace stop smoking service.

Walking for Health

Walking for Health is delivered and supported by Health and Social Care Trusts across Northern Ireland and is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA). The Walking for Health programme supports people across Northern Ireland to become more

Walking for Health is delivered and supported by Health and Social Care Trusts across Northern Ireland and is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA).

You and your baby – supporting love and nurture on the neonatal unit

Produced by Unicef and supported by the PHA, this leaflet is for parents who have a baby in neonatal care.

It covers feeding your baby, the importance of skin-to-skin contact, helping your baby’s development, getting involved, helping your baby to breastfeed and taking your baby home. It also provides useful contacts and support groups.

Core Tables 2014 - Supporting the Director of Public Health Annual Report 2015

The Director of Public Health’s Core Tables contain a range of demographic information such as estimated home population figures and projections, births information, fertility rates, death rates, information on life expectancy, immunisation

These Core Tables for 2014 are published in support of the Director of Public Health Annual Report 2015 which was published in June 2016.

Fall in Tuberculosis (TB) cases

New figures from the Public Health Agency (PHA) reveal that number of reported cases of Tuberculosis (TB) has dropped in Northern Ireland. Today (24 March) is World TB Day and data show that there were 70 cases reported in 2015, a fall of 26% on the previous year. In 2014 there were 97 cases, in 2013 there were 74, and in 2012 there were 87 reported cases.

Director of Public Health’s core tables launched

The Director of Public Health’s Core Tables contain a range of demographic information on population numbers, births and birth rates, deaths and death rates, causes of death and life expectancy. It also includes information on infectious disease notifications, screening uptake rates and self-harm presentations to Emergency departments. The tables and more details are available here Some key points to highlight from the 2014 Core Tables are:
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