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Service development and improvement
The PHA Nursing and Allied Health Professions Directorate is responsible for:
- professional, service and public health issues relating to nursing, midwifery, health visiting and the Allied Health Professions (AHPs);
- the Health and Social Care Safety Forum;
- the Centre for Connected Health and Social Care.
Through the Directorate, the PHA provides:
Useful links
The Health Foundation
The Health Foundation is an independent charity working to continuously improve the quality of healthcare in the UK.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is an independent not-for profit organisation based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. IHI focuses on:
Latest news
Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship
This year celebrates 10 years of the Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship. The Fellowship supports healthcare staff to learn about leadership and how to improve the delivery of safe patient care.
This year’s annual networking event, Thinking Differently, Inspiring Excellence was held in Edinburgh and attended by over 100 current and previous SQSF Fellows and Health and Social Care leaders from the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia.
Publications
The HSC Safety Forum has themed its work for quality and safety in healthcare under four main headings. Relevant papers and articles are listed below under these themes. In addition, a further section for general documents on patient safety-related areas has also been included.
NI Chest Heart and Stroke launches a hearty lunch
Leading health charity NI Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS) is inviting everyone to take part in Northern Ireland’s biggest-ever lunch. The appropriately named ‘Hearty Lunch’ which is supported by Kingsmill, will be held on June 17 and will encourage people to host a simple lunch, invite friends and charge each of them a modest fee, which will be donated to the charity’s work.
Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register
The Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register (NICPR) is a confidential record of children and young people living with cerebral palsy within Northern Ireland.
The NICPR is held at the Queen's University of Belfast and is funded by the Public Health Agency. Contact from parents and people with cerebral palsy is particularly welcome.
Partnership and Engagement
What is it?
Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) is the active and effective involvement of service users, carers and the public in Health and Social Care (HSC) services.