Closed Consultations – Northern Ireland

March 2012

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety invited responses to this consultation document. This document is to provide a policy framework and service model for the planning and delivery of effective Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. It is designed...

March 2012

The Learning Disability Service Framework was the fifth in a planned series of Service Frameworks to be developed in Northern Ireland. It aimed to improve the health and well-being of people with a learning disability, their carers and families by promoting social inclusion,...

 

February 2012

The Programme for Government (PFG) set the strategic context for the Budget, Investment Strategy and Economic Strategy for Northern Ireland. It highlights the key goals and actions the Executive will take to drive forward the priority areas.

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The Learning Disability Service Framework is the fifth in a planned series of Service Frameworks to be developed in Northern Ireland. It aims to improve the health and well-being of people with a learning disability, their carers and families by promoting social inclusion...

October 2011

A health and social care review is underway in Northern Ireland and radical changes are expected. The review is to report back to the Health Minister by the 30th November 2011.  John Compton, the Health and Social Care Board’s Chief Executive is the Chair of the...

The AHP workforce has a crucial part to play in supporting the health and well-being of our population. Increasingly AHPs undertake roles in health promotion, health improvement and early intervention, supporting service users to avoid illnesses and complications and enhancing...

July 2011
Views were sought on new tools which were being developed for risk assessment and management in dementia services in Northern Ireland.  An early draft of these tools underwent a pilot exercise and amendments were made according to the feedback received in order to...

March 2011
This three year service framework set out explicit standards for mental health and wellbeing to be used by patients, carers and families to outline the care they should expect to receive and used by organisations to plan and deliver appropriate services.
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February 2011
The aim of this strategy is to improve the quality of nutritional care of adults in Northern Ireland through the prevention, identification and management of malnutrition in all health and social care settings.  The strategy will demonstrate the need to develop...

February 2011
Views were sought on the Northern Ireland Executive draft Spending Plans. The outcome of the UK wide 2010 Spending Review, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 20 October 2010, provided the Executive with a real terms reduction in the funding available to it...