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:

Public Health Agency

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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

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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

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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

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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

Northern Ireland Substitute Prescribing Database Report 31 March 2015

This bulletin summarises information on individuals referred to the Northern Ireland Substitute Prescribing Scheme (SPS). It relates to those referred up to and including the 31 March 2015 and focuses on those patients in contact with Substitute Prescribing treatment services during 2014/15.

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Name of contract: Awareness Programmes to support Mental and Emotional Health and Wellbeing- Tier 1 Programmes

Organisation awarded:   This contract has been awarded to the following organisation who will deliver programmes throughout Northern Ireland:

Lot 1 & 2 - Action Mental Health

Public Health Agency - 001

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Name of contract: Relationship and Sexuality Education in the Community across Northern Ireland

Organisations awarded: This contract has been awarded to following four organisations who will deliver programmes throughout Northern Ireland:

Brook NI

Love for Life

ACET (Northern Ireland) Ltd

Rainbow Health Ltd

Public Health Agency - 003

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Name of contract: Services to support the mental and emotional wellbeing needs of Lesbian and Bisexual Women, Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender individuals and their families across Northern Ireland

Organisations awarded: This contract has been awarded to the following two organisations who will deliver programmes throughout Northern Ireland:

Rainbow Health Ltd:  Lot 1 ­ Lesbian and Bisexual Women

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