Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Nurses in NI (PDF 135 KB)

Best Practice Guidelines

Draft Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (NI) Order (PDF 30 KB)

Explanatory Memorandum

Key Indicators of PSS for NI (2002)

Key Indicators of PSS for NI (2002)

The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) NI Order 2003 (PDF 178 KB)

Draft Statutory Instruments

Drug and Alcohol Use Among Young People in NI (PDF 424 KB)

A Secondary Analysis of Drug and Alcohol Use Surveys - Final Report

Prevalence of Problem Heroin Use in NI (PDF 227 KB)

Mar-02

A Strategy for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting in NI (PDF 180KB)

This study was designed to examine critically the impact of a government-led policy document upon community nursing, midwifery and health visiting practice in Northern Ireland (Strategy for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in Northern Ireland. Action Plan for Community Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors, Working Together: A Focus on Health and Social Well-being, DHSS, 1996). The total number of participants was (n=409) and the eleven Health and Personal Social Services Trusts in NI were represented in the sample group which consisted of 93% females and 7% males. A questionnaire containing twenty items was designed and a pilot study was carried out with twenty-five community practitioners. Following the pilot study appropriate modifications were made to the questionnaire. åÊ