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Introducing a Tax on Sugar Sweetened Drinks – Health Rationale, Options and Recommendations
No full textA Department of Health Working Paper, October 2016. The Department of Health has published an internal working paper to inform consideration of a sugar sweetened drinks levy from a health perspective. The policy objective is to reduce rates of childhood and adult obesity in Ireland by reducing the consumption of sugar sweetened drinks (SSDs) as a contributor to health and dental deterioration, particularly among young people. Evidence suggests that effective policy interventions to tackle obesity involve multi-sectoral, multi-lever approaches. International evidence shows that tax can be an effective policy lever if used as part of an integrated policy response that utilises a range of additional policy levers and interventions
Positive Ageing 2016 – National Indicators Report
No full textThis first Positive Ageing National Indicator report presents findings from a wide range of existing resources on what matters for older people. It sets out the evidence under the three pillars identified in the National Positive Ageing Strategy i.e. Participation, Health and Security as well as the cross-cutting objectives of combating ageism and increasing access to information. As the report provides evidence on Positive Ageing in Ireland,  it offers us a benchmark for the future which will allow us to measure the progress we have made and the challenges that lie ahead
Health survey Northern Ireland: first results 2015/16
No full textThis report presents results from the Health Survey Northern Ireland. Â
Health survey Northern Ireland questionnaires
No full textThe questionnaire used for the health survey
Health in Ireland: Key Trends 2016
No full textHealth in Ireland, Key Trends 2016 provides summary statistics on health and health care over the past ten years. It also highlights selected trends and topics and includes new data which has become available during the course of the year. An important objective is to assess ourselves and our progress in the broader EU context. In this regard, several tables and graphs are presented comparing Ireland with the 28 Member States of the EU. The booklet is divided into six chapters ranging across population, life expectancy and health status through to health care delivery, staffing and costs. Rapid ageing of the population in conjunction with lifestyle-related health threats present major challenges now and for the future in sustaining and further improving health and health services in Ireland.
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Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: emergency care waiting times April - June 2016
No full textPresents information on the time spent waiting in emergency care departments in Northern Ireland for both new and unplanned review attendances, and reports on the performance of against the ministerial target in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: cancer waiting times June 2015 - March 2016
No full textPresents information on waiting times for patients accessing cancer services at hospitals in Northern Ireland during each quarter
Managing food on shift work
No full textAn estimated 15% of the workforce in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is employed in shift work. Shift work entails working hours outside the standard working week, and may involve evening, weekend and rotating shift patterns.It is well known that lifestyle behaviours such as diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking are associated with increased risk of chronic non-communicable (non-infectious) disease.
Due to the disruptive nature of shift work and subsequent erratic routine, lifestyle behaviours may be negatively influenced by shift work, which may account for a potentially increased health risk. Little is known about the lifestyle behaviours and experiences of shift workers on the island of Ireland. There are no published data on the barriers or facilitators to improving lifestyle behaviours in this group.
Aims and objectives
This research set out to establish the dietary and related lifestyle behaviours of shift workers from the three largest employment sectors that require shift work on the island of Ireland. These are accommodation and food services, health and social care, and manufacturing. The specific objectives were to:
examine the eating habits of shift workers and assess the impact of shift work and different shift work patterns on diet and related lifestyle behaviours
explore the physical activity patterns of shift workers and determine whether shift work affects participation in physical activity
investigate the barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and physical activity within the shift work environment, specifically the availability of workplace facilities
develop recommendations to empower shift workers to lead healthier lifestyles, and to effectively target communication strategies for this population group.
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Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: outpatient waiting times September 2016
No full textPresents information on waiting times at the end of each quarter for a first consultant-led outpatient appointment and a first integrated clinical assessment and treatment services (ICATS) appointment
Life expectancy: recent trends in older ages
No full textOver the last 30 years there has been an upward trend in life expectancy at older ages in England. Figures 1 and 2 show life expectancy in England at ages 65, 75, 85 and 95 from 1981 to 2014. The data points shaded red in Figures 1 and 2 indicate where life expectancy in that year was lower than in the previous year, showing that there is some fluctuation in life expectancy at these age groups, although the overall trend has been upwards.
Male life expectancy was lower in 2012 than 2011 at ages 85 and 95, and at ages 65 and 75 it was the same in both years. There were no further falls in 2013. This flattening of the recent trend has not continued in 2014, which saw a rise in male life expectancy at all four ages. Male life expectancy increased by 0.3 years at age 65 and 0.2 years at ages 75, 85 and 95.
For females, life expectancy at all four ages was lower in 2012 than 2011. At age 65, that was the first fall since 1995 and at age 75 the first fall since 2003. At ages 85 and 95, there have been frequent occasions when life expectancy in a year was lower than in the previous year. Between 2012 and 2013, there were no further falls in life expectancy at any of these ages. Between 2013 and 2014, there was an increase in female life expectancy at all four ages. Female life expectancy increased by 0.3 years at age 65 and by 0.2 years at ages 75, 85 and 95.