Notification of a disability or long term health condition (Guidance notes and form) (PDF 133KB)

Provides guidance and advice on notifying a disability/long-term health condition to PMB and on requesting a reasonable adjustment, if you have previously declared a disability/long-term health condition.

Proposals for the reform of the Northern Ireland Wheelchair Service (PDF 3 MB)

Proposals for the reform of the Northern Ireland Wheelchair Service

Management of Private Practice in Health Service Hospitals in Northern Ireland: A Handbook November 2007 (PDF147KB)

Management of Private Practice in Health Services Hospitals in Northern Ireland: A Handbook

Continuity of Supply of the Home Oxygen Service in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (PDF 96 KB)

Arrangements to support continuity of oxygen supply to patients using the NHS home oxygen service in the four countries within the United Kingdom

Disability Equipment Services in Northern Ireland Regional Summary (PDF 1815 KB)

March 2003 - main findings of the study, key recommendations and the way forward

Evaluation of Community Nursing Project : Moving Professional Boundries From A Stoma Care Nursing Service To A Colorectal Nursing Service (PDF 3607 KB)

Foyle HSS Trust's Evaluation of community nursing project. Part of the Department's redesign of community nursing project.

Sperrin Lakeland Health & Social Care Trust Community Nursing Project - Evaluation Report on Establishment of a treatment Room Service Bureau (PDF 316 KB)

Sperrin Lakeland Trust's final report on the establishment of a treatment room service bureau. Part of the Department's redesign of community nursing project

Analyse de la dotation en lits par groupes diagnostiques : exemple du service d'obstétrique dans les hôpitaux de zone

Ce document présente le modèe utilisé par le Service de la santé publique du canton de Vaud pour l'estimation du nombre de lits de court séjour et propose un enrichissement de ce modèle par l'utilisation de la statistique médicale VESKA. L'exemple présenté est celui de l'obstétrique, mais vaut pour d'autres secteurs de l'activité médico-hospitalières.

Forensic examination of ink by high-performance thin layer chromatography - The United States Secret Service Digital Ink Library

Forensic examinations of ink have been performed since the beginning of the 20th century. Since the 1960s, the International Ink Library, maintained by the United States Secret Service, has supported those analyses. Until 2009, the search and identification of inks were essentially performed manually. This paper describes the results of a project designed to improve ink samples' analytical and search processes. The project focused on the development of improved standardization procedures to ensure the best possible reproducibility between analyses run on different HPTLC plates. The successful implementation of this new calibration method enabled the development of mathematical algorithms and of a software package to complement the existing ink library.

Direct Payments Policy and Practice Review Report (PDF 243 KB)

Direct Payments are cash payments made in lieu of social service provisions, to individuals who have been assessed as needing services. Direct Payments increase choice and promote independence. They provide for a more flexible response than may otherwise be possible for the service user and carer. They allow individuals to decide when and in what form services are provided and who provides them, who comes into their home and who becomes involved in very personal aspects of their lives. Direct Payments put real power into the hands of service users and carers, and allow them to take control over their lives. Access to Direct Payments as a means of delivering social services in Northern Ireland has been available since 1996 under the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Since then take up of Direct Payments has been limited in number with the majority being accessed in the physical disability programme. åÊ