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Major conference focuses on safer patient care
11 March 2014
Over 350 healthcare professionals from across Ireland will gather in Belfast tomorrow for a two-day conference focusing on high quality, safe and effective care for patients and service users in the...
Salt Awareness Week: reduce salt intake to lower your blood pressure
07 March 2014
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people to discover the benefits of reducing salt in their diet during National Salt Awareness Week.
The theme for this year’s awareness week (10-16 March)...
Local Paralympic skier Kelly Gallagher knows how to stay sun safe while on the slopes
07 March 2014
The Paralympics starts today and the PHA and Cancer Focus are reminding all those want-to-be winter Olympians heading off on their skiing holidays to be sun safe.
Northern Ireland Paralympic skier...
Public Health Annual Scientific Conference
05 March 2014
This year’s Public Health Annual Scientific Conference under the theme of ‘Recognising diversity in Public Health’ is taking place on Monday 16 June 2014, Riddel Hall, Stranmillis.
This all-day...
Give it a go and swim for £1
05 March 2014
People living in the Southern Trust area will be able to make a splash this March with leisure centres offering swimming for just £1.
To support the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) ‘Give it a Go!’...
ASIST training helping to tackle suicide
04 March 2014
Work to help communities prevent suicide has taken a further step forward with over 50 ASIST Trainers from across Northern Ireland completing the new ASIST 11 upgrader trainer course.The Applied...
Primary pupils graduate with flying colours
03 March 2014
Primary school pupils in Lisburn have been enjoying their first graduation ceremony, as part of Early Intervention Lisburn’s ‘Incredible Years Programme’.
The initiative, run by the Public Health...
New church partnership to prevent suicide
03 March 2014
Churches from across Northern Ireland came together today at Stormont to officially launch a new partnership initiative which aims to prevent suicide.
‘Flourish!’ is a regional inter-church suicide...
PHA publishes self-harm statistics for Northern Ireland
28 February 2014
To coincide with Self-Injury Awareness Day tomorrow, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is publishing the first Annual Report of the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm.The Northern Ireland Registry of...
Healthy food in schools essential for learning and future wellbeing
26 February 2014
A healthier approach to food in schools is being taken to improve learning opportunities and health and wellbeing by encouraging better eating habits among children.
The ‘Food in Schools’ conference...
Important advice to pregnant women during lambing season
24 February 2014
You know spring is on its way when you begin to see lambs appearing in the fields; however the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding pregnant women about the risk of close contact with sheep during...
