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7 December 2011

Institute of Public Health are recruiting for a Consultant in Public Health

The IPH wishes to recruit a Consultant in Public Health, part-time, who will support IPH in its drive to tackle health inequalities and improve population health cross the island.

The position will involve:

  • Assessing and advising on public health policy
  • Analysing and strengthening public health intelligence and information
  • Assessing health needs, health inequalities, health in all policies and identifying areas for action at national and local level.
Click here for more details
9 November 2011

HIQA's guide: "What you should know about Information Governance"

HIQA’s new guide "What you should know about Information Governance" is aimed at all health and social care staff, and is an important step in raising awareness around information governance. The guide details requirements, what you should know, benefits and making Information Governance a success.  There is also a self-assessment tool designed to highlight areas where urgent action is required or improvements may be made.

The guide can be accessed on the Health Well or the HIQA website (www.hiqa.ie/publications/what-you-should-know-about-information-governance-guide-health-and-social-care-staff)

2 November 2011

All-Ireland Evidence-Based Practice Forum

You are invited to participate in an online discussion forum whose broad aim will be to scope out the future development of evidence-based practice across the island of Ireland.

For more information click here
1 November 2011

Richard Wilkinson's talk on How economic inequality harms societies:

We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

Click here to view his talk
27 September 2011

Community Profiles, based on over 100 health related indicators that have been collated for every county in the south and every local government district in the north, have been updated:

  • The most up-to-date values of the majority of these indicators are now available (and “year” has been added to variable names)
  • In the south, indicators and maps are now based on administrative counties rather than traditional counties
  • Indicators are grouped into themes; these themes have been updated and a number of new themes have been added (eg fuel poverty, living conditions, working conditions)
  • The interface has been updated to make it easier to use. 

Click here for more information

27 September 2011

Five new instructional videos that explain how to take full advantage of The Health Well’s main features are now available online:

27 September 2011

Tackling health inequalities is the focus of IPH work. Following the success of the Obesity and Fuel Poverty hubs, a Health Inequalities Hub has been added to the Health Well website. The Health Inequalities Hub aims to become an authoritative source of health inequalities related evidence, data and good practice; and will supports the strategic development and implementation of health inequalities strategies across the island. Please visit the initial version of the Health Inequalities Hub and let us know what you think and how you would like to see it developed.

 Click here for more information

 

20 July 2011

Over 10,000 resources taken off our "online book shelf": Yesterday, we reached a significant milestone! Since we began monitoring it on 15 March 2011 (a little over 4 months ago),over 10,500 information resources have been downloaded from the website and its hubs. Eech resource "off the book shelf" involves someone searching our catalogues, checking out the core details of a resource, and visiting a contributing website to view that resource.

18 July 2011

Last week the DHSSPS published the FGS McClure Watters review of Northern Ireland's public health strategy "Investing for Health" (click here). A statistical comparison of outcomes and targetsis also available (click here).

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9 June 2011

European Commission country-specific Recommendations focus on reducing deficits, which will lead to cutting public services and wages, and increasing retirement ages.
 
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Please click here to download the Fuel Poverty Hub Flyer.

This Hub aims to provides you with a one-stop shop for information on fuel poverty on the island and helps you to work collaboratively online. We hope you find the resourses useful and would welcome your feedback.

For a list of useful websites on the island of Ireland, please click here.

If you wish to contact the manager of the Fuel Poverty Hub, please email us.

The news and journal articles accessible on the Fuel Poverty Hub website have been compiled from various sources that are not controlled by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH). IPH is therefore not responsible for the content of external websites and the inclusion of a link to an external website from the Fuel Poverty Hub should not be understood to be an endorsement of that website.

Updated: February 2012

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The Health Well, its thematic hubs and web groups are managed by the INIsPHO Team in the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) with the  co-operation of key organisations throughout the island. If you have any queries please contact us at info@thehealthwell.info

Policy consultations

Consultations Received on the Proposed National Rollout of Smart Metering

Published 13 January 2012

 

Political Debates and Press Releases

 

Northern Ireland Assembly - Mr Stephen Moutray asked the Minister for Social Development for an update on the pay-as-you-go pilot scheme for home heating oil. Click here for the Ministers reply. 

Northern Ireland Assembly - Mr Campbell asked the Minister for Social Development to provide an estimate in the number of families affected by Fuel Poverty in each of the last three years. Click here for Department of Social Development reply

 

 

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