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Strategy for the Office of the Chief Nursing Officer 2015-2017
No full text3.2.2016
The Strategy sets out the Vision, Mission and Values for the Office. It also highlights the Officeâ?Ts Strategic Objectives until end 2017, as follows:
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Protecting Looked After Children guidance
No full textThis paper has been developed to provide guidance on protecting and safeguarding children who are ‘Looked After’. The needs of the child or young person is central to all such planning processes. Avoiding unnecessary duplication or subjecting young people to different types of meetings should be kept to a minimum. Ensuring comprehensive plans for the looked after child that incorporates safeguarding arrangements will lessen feelings of confusion on the part of the young person strengthen the planning process and clarify actions to be taken by a multi-disciplinary involvement.Â
Joint Policy Statement by the Ministers for Health, Simon Harris TD and Michelle O'TNeill, MLA, on the All-island Congenital Heart Disease Network
No full text4.7.2016
In March 2015 our respective Departments confirmed that they would establish an All-island Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Clinical Network from 1 April 2015. This followed the outcome of a public consultation in the North on the International Working Groupâ?Ts (IWG) recommendations published by both Departments in October 2014. The Network is comprised of an All-island Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Clinical Network Board and a Cross-Jurisdictional Oversight Group
The initial Action Plan to be implemented by the Network Board committed to a phased introduction of the Network. In this respect the Network Board has produced a Vision Statement and put forward a Full Business Case for the necessary investment, which sets out a detailed plan to deliver the implementation targets set out in the Joint Policy Statement on 14 October 2014. Having given these our full consideration, we are pleased to announce that we are fully committed to the Network Boardâ?Ts Vision for the All-island Congenital Heart Disease Network which is: â?oTo establish a world class family-centric congenital heart disease service for the island of Ireland.â?Â
We recognise that the realisation of this vision requires a number of essential developments, such as the expansion of Intensive Care capacity in our Ladyâ?Ts Childrenâ?Ts Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC) and the associated requirement for additional medical and nursing staff; the development of a Specialist Childrenâ?Ts Cardiology Centre in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust; further development of a number of regional childrenâ?Ts cardiology centres across the island and training in CHD for all health professionals in the network, with associated opportunities to move within the network to develop competencies. To further underpin the development of an innovative service, formal links will be established with an appropriate Academic establishment and supported by a research and innovation fund. Over the next 5 years, approximately â,¬57 million / £42 million will be invested between our two jurisdictions to support these developments.
The Business Case endorsed by the CHD Network Board envisages completing the phased implementation of the transfer of all urgent surgical cases from the North (in addition to the Emergency cases currently being transferred) to OLCHC between now and the end of 2017 and all elective surgical cases by the end of 2018. In the interim the Belfast Trust will continue to operate a service level agreement with OLCHC to provide emergency surgical treatment in OLCHC for Northern patients.
The immediate focus of the Network Board has been to ensure that children currently transferred from the North for treatment at specialist surgical centres in England receive their treatment in future at OLCHC as soon as possible. However, the remit of the Board is to build a world class CHD service for all of the children and young people in the island who have a congenital heart condition.
We are therefore pleased to announce that the Network will, in the near future, expand the capacity for catheterisation procedures in the newly opened, state of the art Hybrid Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at OLCHC, as a result of the investment we have announced today. This will create an All-island Catheterisation Waiting List, to the benefit of children across the island. This will be the first All-island waiting list of its kind.
Taken together, the joint investment we are announcing today to expand surgical and catheterisation capacity at OLCHC clearly demonstrates the potential of North-South collaboration on healthcare to bring tangible benefits and outcomes for patients across Ireland. The Network has also overseen good progress in terms of improving telemedicine and image exchange links between Dublin and Belfast, improving the rate of antenatal detection of congenital cardiac conditions, improving the experience of young people transitioning into adult settings for their care, upgrading equipment used to monitor babiesâ?T hearts, and expanding ambulance provision for the transfer of children between heart centres. Recognising the progress and benefits of such developments, we wish to announce that we will be tasking officials with carrying out a scoping study to identify further areas of co-operation in health and social care across the island of Ireland.
We wish to thank Dr Len Oâ?THagan, Chair of the Network Board, and his colleagues on the Network Board for their dedicated efforts over the past year in carrying out the necessary detailed planning to move forward the ambitious plan for an All-island CHD Network which our predecessors confirmed in March 2015. We pay tribute to the patient representative organisations, both for their continued support of heart families across the island of Ireland, and for their significant contribution to the development of the Network. Finally, we wish to record our gratitude to the clinical, nursing and administrative staff who are dedicated to providing high quality treatment and care for CHD patients.
We close by reaffirming the commitment of our respective Departments to the provision of an optimal service, with the critical mass to provide safe high quality outcomes for congenital cardiac surgery and associated cardiology services for all children and young people in Ireland, as the goal of all of the work described above. At the centre of this is our clear aim to support and meet the needs of these vulnerable children, young people and their families
Quarterly child protection statistics for Northern Ireland June 2015 to March 2016
No full textThis publication presents information on the number of children on the child protection register at the end of each quarter by age, gender, category of abuse, legal status and duration on the register. The number of child protection referrals received during each quarter is reported by source of referral
Quarterly carers' statistics for Northern Ireland April to June 2016
No full textThis bulletin presents findings from the latest survey of carers’ statistics for Northern Ireland. Figures are presented regionally and by health and social care trust in respect of completed and declined carers’ assessments, reassessments, completed reviews and reasons why offers to be assessed were declined.Â
Acute episode based activity 2015/16
No full textAcute episode-based activity statistics present information on acute, episode-based activity at health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland across four volumes. Â This set of publications details key information on all activity and provides breakdowns of activity by specialty, diagnosis, procedure / intervention and healthcare resource group.Â
Systems, Not Structures - Changing Health and Social Care
No full textIn his speech of 4 November 2015, the then Minister for Health, Simon Hamilton MLA, announced that in response to recommendation 1 of The Right Time, The Right Place report by Sir Liam Donaldson, he would appoint an expert, clinically led panel to consider and lead an informed debate on the best configuration of Health and Social Care services in NI
Northern Ireland waiting time statistics: diagnostic waiting times September 2016
No full textPresents information on waiting times at the end of each quarter for a diagnostic service and diagnostic reporting turnaround times
What is the cost of a healthy food basket in the Republic of Ireland in 2016
No full textIntroduction
This study is the second to establish the cost of a minimum essential food basket for six household types in the Republic of Ireland. A minimum essential standard of living (MESL) is derived from a negotiated consensus on what people believe is a minimum standard. It is a standard of living that meets an individuals or households physical, psychological and social needs. A MESL is based on needs not wants, it is a standard of living that no one should be expected to live below.
The 2016 study focuses on food, one of the 16 elements of a MESL. The report is presented in the context of increasing concerns of poverty in the Republic of Ireland and the challenges facing low-income families to afford a minimum essential food basket.
A balanced nutritious diet is essential for health but may be unattainable for low-income households. Families on low-income may opt for cheaper less nutritious foods, putting their health at risk. Food poverty is complex and multi-dimensional. Adequate income is important to meet basic nutritional needs and the cost of healthy food is a major contributing factor in a household’s inability to access a healthy diet.Â
Attitudes to Obesity: Findings from the 2015 British Social Attitudes Survey
No full textThis paper presents new findings on attitudes in Britain towards obesity and what might be done to reduce its prevalence. Despite appreciating some of the health risks, people tend not to recognise obesity when it does exist – and especially so in men. Obesity is frequently regarded as a problem for individuals and health care professionals rather than society more generally, and those who are obese are often stigmatised. There is significant support for actions aimed at reducing levels of obesity.
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