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Walking for Health is delivered and supported by Health and Social Care Trusts across Northern Ireland and is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA).

Local and national policy increasingly emphasises the central role of service users and the public in shaping Health and Social Care (HSC).

This is the second edition of the HSC R&D Division’s Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) Strategy, which highlights the importance of involving patients and the public in research and outlines the progress already made in implementing PPI in research in Northern Ireland.

Personal and Public Involvement Flyer – How you can get involved.

This publication is the 14th issue of R&D Today - the biannual newsletter of the Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (HSC R&D). It profiles the work supported by Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care R&D fund.

Over the last decade Belfast has experienced significant political, economic and social change. As a consequence, the population of greater Belfast has increased substantially over the past decade. This has been as a result of both natural change and net migration gain.

This report covers the following issues

• legislation on immigration, work, health & social services and social security entitlements;
• health issues;
• migrant health priorities identified at the Stakeholder Workshop held in April 2010.
   

This is an update bulletin relating to the Mental Health and Children's Services Project of the HSCB, which aims to improve the outcomes for parents with mental health illness in caring for their children.

This is an introductory update to the Mental Health and Children's Services Project of the HSCB