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This factsheet provides guidance on vaccine handling and storage in GP practices. The guidance applies to all staff involved in the planning or delivery of immunisation programmes in primary care settings. It outlines the minimum standards that are required to ensure that vaccines are stored and managed properly so that immunisations are carried out safely and efficiently, minimising the risk of compromising the effectiveness of vaccines given to patients and thus reducing risk to patients and wastage of expensive medicines.

This information booklet supports the “How are you feeling?” mental health campaign that is running in participating community pharmacies in April and May 2021. It is available during this time from community pharmacies across Northern Ireland that participate in the Living Well service.

The booklet includes:

• Information on the Take 5 steps to wellbeing
• Ideas and activities you can try
• Advice and tips on setting goals
• Information on services that can provide help and support

This information booklet contains advice on portion sizes, tips on making healthier food and drinks choices, and ideas for easy ways to get active. It supports the Public Health Agency’s Choose to live better ‘Making healthier choices’ public information campaign. The booklet is available throughout February and March 2022 from community pharmacies that participate in Living Well.

The Living Well service, offered in over 500 pharmacies across Northern Ireland, provides information and advice on public health issues.

Choosing to get the COVID-19 vaccine will help protect staff, their families and residents in care homes.

When making a decision about getting the vaccine it’s important to know the facts. This poster outlines frequently asked questions and the facts about the COVID-19 vaccine.

The poster is available to print off in-house if required in care homes

This poster gives details of the flu vaccines to be used with patients in different groups.

Please note that this PDF has been updated since the last printed version. In line with current guidance, the text in the footnote has been updated to say 'If contraindicated because of severe egg allergy (i.e. requires Intensive Care) individual may receive Seqirus QIVc if they are over 2 years of age' whereas previously it was 'over 9 years of age'.

Lifeline in partnership with the Health and Social Care Board and Interpreter Now is increasing its visibility and accessibility to the Deaf community.  

If you are in distress or despair, you can contact Lifeline using the HSCNI Remote Interpreting Service for people who use British Sign Language (BSL) and Irish Sign Language (ISL). InterpreterNow enables Deaf and hearing people to communicate instantly via telephone or web-based video link.

By signing up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment in February 2022 NIAS has made a commitment to making our organisation a place where the importance of promoting and supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our people is recognised.

For the blue light community, signing up to the Commitment represents a collective move­ment across all emergency services and throughout the UK; it’s a statement of intent, declar­ing that mental health at work is a strategic priority for all.

Prioritising mental health in the emergency services has never been more important. With plenty of information, resources and real-life stories to support emergency responders The Blue Light Together website and their real life stories are here to help you.

At The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC), we provide a range of services to support the mental health, physical rehabilitation, and financial wellbeing of the UK’s ambulance staff, their family members, students, and ambulance service volunteers.

Sporting Pride Ireland works across NI and ROI to get LGBTQ people more active to improve mental and physical health. We have a directory of LGBTQ Inclusive Sports teams across the country and run online seminars where professional LGBTQ Athletes talk about mental and physical health journeys.

At The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC), we provide a range of services to support the mental health, physical rehabilitation, and financial wellbeing of the UK’s ambulance staff, their family members, students, and ambulance service volunteers.