HSC Public Health Agency and HSE Public Health: Health Protection are holding their first joint conference on Tuesday 7 October, Titanic Conference Centre in Belfast. 

The Department of Health is inviting people to attend a series of public events as part of the consultation on the final report of the Regional Review of Neurology services. 

The COVID-19 Spring 2025 vaccination campaign commenced in Northern Ireland on 07 April 2025 and will continue until 30 June 2025. The campaign is delivered by a number of providers including GP, community pharmacy and Health and Social Care Trusts. 

The HPSA report provides an overview of selected surveillance metrics in the form of a situational awareness summary. Horizon scanning provides information on emerging situations that can impact public health including local, national and global events.

PHA launch competition to mark World Immunisation Week 2025. To mark this year’s World Immunisation Week the Public Health Agency (PHA) has launched a digital creator and poster competition.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) operates the Vaccination Management System (VMS), which serves as  Northern Ireland’s system of record for six key vaccination programmes: Influenza (excluding vaccinations administered in schools), RSV, Shingles, Pertussis, COVID-19, MMR (adult vaccinations only).

COVID-19 genomics weekly report. This report describes and monitors the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) variants in Northern Ireland.

The PHA has integrated influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 reporting into a weekly report to provide a single overview of the epidemiology of these infections in Northern Ireland, along with the number of respiratory care home outbreaks, hospital admissions and occupancy, and deaths.

Pertussis (whooping cough) in Northern Ireland monthly updates. Pertussis (also known as “whooping cough”) is a highly contagious but vaccine preventable bacterial respiratory disease that is usually caused by Bordetella pertussis.