Directory of Colon and Rectal Cancer Specialist Teams

The Directory of Colon and Rectal Cancer Specialist Teams has been produced under the auspices of the Northern Ireland Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer. It contains details of the full membership of the clinical teams providing care for colon and rectal cancer in each of Health and Social Services Board Area. Lead Clinicians For Colon and Rectal Cancer Services (PDF 74 KB) EHSSB (PDF 198 KB) NHSSB (PDF 107 KB) SHSSB (PDF 130 KB) WHSSB (PDF 131 KB)

Small changes, big benefits

Being overweight is a major health problem for Northern Ireland. This leaflet helps the public assess whether or not they are overweight and contains useful information on what to do about it, including identifying healthy options, setting targets, getting active and staying motivated.

Briefing 15: Small area geography - MSOA vs Ward

In this briefing we compare and contrast different small areas, particularly in the context of their use for examining health inequalities.

Your result shows a small abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)

This leaflet is given to all men who have attended screening through the Northern Ireland Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and been diagnosed with a small AAA.The leaflet provides: �background information on the AAA screening programme; details on what a small AAA is; information on the monitoring process to regularly check the size of the AAA;lifestyle advice that may help those men diagnosed with an AAA. �Men who have been diagnosed with a small AAA will be invited to a monitoring scan once a year, unless their AAA increases in size to a medium AAA, at which point they will be invited to a monitoring scan once every three months.