Publications

To complement the existing staff within GP practices.

As part of the new practice based multi-disciplinary team, your GP practice now has a social work service available to registered patients of all ages.

You can book this service directly without first seeing your GP.

The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) published

The annual report of the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland
2018|2019 is Dr Michael McBride's 11th Annual Report and in this year’s report he has focused on positive mental health, with an emphasis on children and young people.

This leaflet is to complement the existing staff within GP practices.

Three new practice based roles have been created:

• First contact physiotherapists
• Social workers
• Mental health practitioners

The Regional Review of Neurology Services has been tasked with identifying the optimal service configuration for neurology services through to 2035.

CMO ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19 - Key Statistics Infographic - Print Ready

Circulars for looked after children.

The Department of Health is seeking to make two appointments to the Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency.

The deadline for applications is 17 October 2019 at 12 Noon.

Appointment of Non-Executive Chair to the Health and Social Care Board.

The deadline for applications is 25 November 2019 at 12 Noon.

MCA (NI) 2016 – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – January 2020 – Easy Read Version

In these newsletters you'll find a comprehensive list both of current and
upcoming vacancies on the Boards of statutory organisations
responsible for delivering health and social care in Northern Ireland.

Letter from La’Verne Montgomery Director of Corporate Management on DoH Preparations for EU Exit - 11/09/19

Protect Life 2 is a long-term strategy for reducing suicides and the incidence of self-harm with action delivered across a range of Government departments, agencies, and sectors.  The Strategy has been extended until end 2027.  A Review focusing on the Strategy

The following leaflet provides a summary of the key information in relation to the new deprivation of liberty processes.

The legal framework for Deprivation of Liberty provided by the Act is supported by a set of Forms.  Most of the Forms are statutory but all are recommended to be used. These Forms support Phase One of the implementation and commencement of the Act only.

The Department’s Equality Scheme includes a commitment to the development of an Equality Action Plan (EAP) which relates to the Department’s specific functions and aims to promote equality of opportunity and good relations by taking actions to address inequalities.

The following Code focusses on how the provisions relating to Deprivation of Liberty work

The following document details scenarios which provide examples of how the Act will operate in practice

Forms Manual