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22 December 2025
This booklet contains the facts about the vaccines given to children at the age of 3 years and 4 months.
22 December 2025
This booklet provides the facts about the vaccines babies will receive just after their first birthday and includes the complete childhood immunisation schedule from January 2026.
22 December 2025
These leaflets are for parents of babies and young chidren eligible for the routine childhood immunistion programme in Northern Ireland from January 2026.
17 December 2025
The Northern Ireland Bowel Cancer Screening Programme is introducing quantitative faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as the primary bowel cancer screening test in January 2021. Quantitative FIT is more sensitive than the existing test, simpler to carry out and requires only one sample rather than three. In other parts of the UK introducing FIT has resulted in an increase in screening uptake.
17 December 2025
This leaflet provides information on further investigations participants may require, including colonoscopy.
24 November 2025
This leaflet for pregnant women provides updated information on rubella and how to get vaccinated so it is not passed on during pregnancy.
Rubella, otherwise known as German measles, can be very serious for the unborn baby in the first thre
24 November 2025
This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with syphilis. It provides information on the care pathway for these women, including referral to GUM, treatment and long-term protection for the baby.
24 November 2025
In the first week after birth, all babies in Northern Ireland are now offered screening for six inherited metabolic disorders, congenital hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disorders. Most babies who are tested will not have an
29 October 2025
This leaflet explains what a colposcopy is, outlines the process of the examination and gives information on post-treatment check-ups.
29 October 2025
When a woman has been diagnosed with cervical cancer, a review is carried out of her screening history to ensure that all steps of the screening process have been followed and to help identify any improvements that could be made. This leafl
29 October 2025
This leaflet provides information about cervical screening and the Northern Ireland Cervical Screening Programme.
08 October 2025
The PHA has developed three leaflets to explain the stages of the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Northern Ireland. There is also a checklist to help you to monitor your baby's development in addition to the Smart4Hearing (S4H) priva
16 September 2025
The annual flu vaccination programme includes all children aged 2 to Year 12 of secondary school (inclusive).
11 September 2025
This leaflet encourages uptake of the flu vaccine for those people in eligible groups.
11 September 2025
This poster encourages the general public to take up the offer of a flu vaccine if they are eligible.
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