All pregnant women in Northern Ireland should be offered and recommended a screening test for HIV at their booking visit or at the earliest available opportunity if presenting later in pregnancy. Antenatal screening for HIV plays a very important role in identifying HIV positive pregnantwomen. Early identification of HIV allows for appropriate management and treatment of the motherwhich can significantly reduce the risk of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV to <1%.

C.difficile surveillance report quarter July-September 2017

S.aureus surveillance report quarter July-September 2017

This flowchart has been designed to help nursing and care staff and prescribers manage patients/residents with urinary tract infection.

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 rates, infectious diseases and screening uptake rates.

Patient and client experience is recognised as a key element in the deliveryof quality healthcare. In line with this, the Public Health Agency (PHA) iscarrying out an extensive piece of work across all Health and Social CareTrusts (HSCTs), with the aim of introducing a more patient and client-focusedapproach to services and shaping future healthcare in Northern Ireland.This is called ‘10,000 More Voices’.

This report aims to provide an overview of HIV epidemiology in Northern Ireland by collating and analysing information from a number of sources. Although it reflects epidemiological trends over time, its main focus will be on data collected in 2016.

This leaflet provides information on risk for people living with a dementia and their carers and families.

This leaflet provides information on moving to a care home for people with a dementia and their carers and families