A new programme aimed at offering advice to pharmacy customers on public health issues is being launched by the Public Health Agency (PHA), the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and Community Pharmacy NI (CPNI). The ‘Living Well’ service will commence on 1 June and will provide information and advice on key public health issues. Community pharmacists and staff in over 500 pharmacies in Northern Ireland will proactively deliver the programme. There are two elements to Living Well. Firstly, opportunistic interventions to help reduce risk factors which cause illness in Northern Ireland. Issues

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is using World No Tobacco Day to raise awareness about free Stop Smoking Services available in communities across Northern Ireland. The network of free services offer tailored advice and support to help you quit for good. Promoting the range of services available, Séamus Mullen, the PHA’s Health Improvement strategic lead on smoking, said: “Quitting smoking is one of the proactive steps you can take to improve your health and general wellbeing, with benefits also for your finances and general appearance. “Smoking cessation services are a major building block

To mark International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) 2019, which takes place today, 20 May, the NIHR is launching its new Be Part of Research campaign . The campaign aims to encourage patients, carers and the public to get involved in research and will coincide with the launch of our new Be Part of Research website in May (formerly UK Clinical Trials Gateway), which gives everyone the chance to find out about clinical trials that are relevant to them. The NIHR is marking the campaign with events at NHS trusts and NIHR infrastructure across the country, on and around International Clinical Trials

During Dying Matters Awareness Week (13–19 May 2019) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging everyone to take the opportunity to talk openly with those closest to them about their wishes about their future care, dying, death and bereavement. This year’s theme is ‘Are We Ready?’ Corrina Grimes, Palliative Care Lead at the PHA, is encouraging the public to talk to each other about dying, death and bereavement, because talking about dying won't make it happen! “Many of us have specific wishes about how and where we would like to die and what we would like to happen after our death. However, we