Survey seeks views on services for children and young people

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is leading a review on support for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and is asking for views on the services they use. The survey will ask parents and carers what their opinions and experiences are on Allied Health Professions (AHP) support services for children with a statement of special educational needs.

Being empowered to improve your health can reduce inequalities

Being empowered to improve your health now can give you a better quality of life as you get older. That’s the message from the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) sixth annual Director of Public Health report. The theme of the report is ‘Making Life Better – Improving Health and Care for Adults’ and it highlights how empowering adults to take control of their wellbeing can reduce health inequalities in our society.

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’.

Community Based Services for Young People who are identified as having Substance Misuse difficulties tender- Available on Esourcing NI

The following tender opportunity is now open for applicaton on eSourcing NI:

Community Based Services for Young People who are identified as having Substance Misuse difficulties  (ITT_29348)

For more information on the above tender opportunity please click here.

Shingles vaccine: still time to get simple jab which can prevent painful condition

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding all people aged 70, 78 and 79 years old that they are still able to receive the shingles vaccine. The vaccine will help protect them against the common and painful skin disease and its complications. However, with just over half of people eligible for the jab actually choosing to receive it, time is running out before their age moves them out of the target groups, which turn over on 1 September each year.

Teatime terrors in the spotlight during Child Safety Week

Accidents are the main cause of death for children post-infancy, with many occurring in the home. During Child Safety Week (01- 07 June) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is supporting the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) by raising awareness of accidents that can happen in the home. The focus for this year is on ‘tea-time terrors’ and the accidents that can happen at this time of day when pressures are at their peak.

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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 smoking. Smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness, premature death and health inequality throughout Northern Ireland. This initiative aims to encourage adults not to smoke near schools gates in order to:
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