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Patient involvement is set to improve in the health service with the creation of new standards which will oversee the input the public have into their care.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has for the...

March is here and it is the start of lambing season; however the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding pregnant women about the risk of close contact with sheep during lambing season.

Dr Lorraine...

Increasing awareness of neurological conditions is at the centre of a new programme designed to improve the care of patients.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) and experts in the field within Health and...

The health protection service of the Public Health Agency (PHA) plays a critical role in protecting the population from infection and environmental hazards. Yesterday they took the opportunity to...

An innovative health and wellbeing project in Mid Ulster has been changing the lives of people living in the area.

The ‘Make a Change’ project is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA) and is...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is today publishing a report on the prevalence of self-harm in the western area of Northern Ireland over the past six years.

The Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm...

The second annual report from the Northern Ireland Self-Harm Registry will be launched today by the Public Health Agency (PHA) at a major symposium on self-harm.
 
The Northern Ireland Registry of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding the public what action they can take to help prevent catching seasonal flu as it continues to circulate this winter.

Dr Lucy Jessop, Consultant in Health...

At least one in three of us will get cancer, and with an increasing number of cases each year in Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is launching a major new campaign aimed at raising...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding travellers from Northern Ireland going to Asia to celebrate the Chinese New Year on the 19 February that avian influenza is circulating in birds in parts of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is warning about the dangers of an MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) ecstasy tablet which may be in circulation in Northern Ireland.

The warning comes after a...

Sunscreen is one holiday essential that often gets left behind when people pack for a winter holiday, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are reminding travellers not...