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Enhanced rollout of online Stress Control Classes announced

A new programme of free online Stress Control classes will start on 13th July 2020 with classes running on a monthly basis until December 2020. The programme has been developed to support people dealing with the effects of the pandemic on their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Topics covered include an overview of what stress is, controlling your body and your thoughts, controlling your actions, and techniques to get a good night’s sleep. Stress control is a class, not ‘group therapy’. People can take part in the class from the privacy of their own home. Dr Kevin Dyer, Psychology Lead

Audit review of fit testing for respiratory masks

“We can confirm that an audit review of fit testing for respiratory masks is ongoing within the HSC system. “This is being done on a precautionary basis. “It has emerged that one independent contractor, which conducted Fit Testing of masks during the pandemic, had inadvertently applied on some occasions a fit-testing setting not normally used in Northern Ireland. This should have been readjusted to the UK Fit Testing requirements. “We are advised that any risk to staff is likely to be low. “The HSC system is now carrying out a validation and audit exercise of all fit-tests conducted by this

Tick Season: protect yourself against tick bites and what to do if you've been bitten

As lockdown measures are eased and more of us venture outdoors over the summer months, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging everyone to take steps to help protect themselves from tick bites. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease, a serious and debilitating illness which can be transmitted to humans through a tick’s bite. Dr Gerry Waldron, Head of Health Protection at the PHA, explained: “Lyme disease is a bacterial infection which is transmitted by tick bites. The earliest and most common symptom of Lyme disease is a pink or red circular rash that develops around the area of the bite, three to
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