Health and care services
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A life-saving curriculum: CPR training
Every year in Northern Ireland, 1,400 people suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but less than one in 10 of them…
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Cross-border collaborathon
In September 2018, Health Business Services (HBS), the business division of the Health Service Executive; Business Shared Services (BSO) from…
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Bringing ‘Precision’ to clinical pharmacy
If you don’t measure, you can’t improve. And in clinical pharmacy, a wealth of data is produced on every patient…
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Addressing long-term workforce challenges
Following on from the transformation recommendations made by Professor Rafael Bengoa, the Department of Health has launched a new workforce…
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Mental health provision
Dr Gerry Lynch, Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Northern Ireland, reflects on our Mental Health services and the…
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Emergency transformation required
Described as the most radical development in ambulance provision in 20 years, David Whelan meets with Director of Operations at…
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Reform of adult care and support
agendaNi outlines the latest proposals to reform adult care and support in Northern Ireland, with a focus on how these…
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Dementia in Northern Ireland: where do we stand?
The growing number of dementia cases in Northern Ireland has prompted politicians to act. The Mental Health Capacity (NI) Act…
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Understanding today for a healthier tomorrow: The NICOLA study
NICOLA (Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing) is the first large scale longitudinal study of ageing in…
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Digital health wearables in active and healthy lifestyles of older people and carers
Shailey Minocha, a professor at The Open University discusses her recent research programme which investigated whether and how wearable activity…
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