Publications

The Northern Ireland AAA Screening Programme has been publishing a newsletter several times a year since the programme began in 2012.

The newsletter is produced specifically for GPs with a pdf and printed copies of it being sent directly to them.

It is also hoped that the breadth of information included benefits other health professionals and service users within the wider HSC who have an interest in AAA screening.

The Northern Ireland Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NI CPES) 2018 gave patients the opportunity to give detailed confidential feedback on their experience of care across the five Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland, allowing comparison with the experience of cancer care in the England CPES 2017, enabling local monitoring of progress on cancer care, and providing evidence that can be used to drive quality improvements.

Regional Health and Social Care Personal and Public Involvement Forum: Annual Update Report 2017/18

Regional Health and Social Care Personal and Public Involvement Forum: Annual Update Report 2016/17

This Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) Annual Report for 2016-2017 covers a period of considerable change for the Northern Ireland Diabetic Eye Screening Programme.

Work continued relating to the programme of modernisation which commenced as a result of RQIA recommendations. Some of the major pieces of work are highlighted through this report.

The Director of Public Health’s Core Tables contain a range of demographic information such as estimated home population figures and projections, births information, fertility rates, death rates, information on life expectancy, immunisation

This report presents the findings from a training needs assessment (TNA) on alcohol and drugs. The TNA is aimed at better understanding and supporting the needs of a wide range of professionals who come into contact with substance misuse.

This report aims to provide an overview of HIV epidemiology in Northern Ireland by collating and analysing information from a number of sources. Although it reflects epidemiological trends over time, its main focus will be on data collected in 2017.