Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Service Delivery Agreement (SDA) 2002-03. (PDF 80 KB)

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Service Delivery Agreement (SDA) 2002-03.

Oral Health Strategy - General Dental Services - Preliminary Consultation Report (PDF 144 KB)

Equality Impact Assessments

Best Practice - Best Care - Summary of Responses to the Consultation (PDF 318KB)

A Framework for Setting Standards, Delivering Services and Improving Monitoring and Regulation in the HPSS

Accounting for Big City Growth in Low Paid Occupations: Immigration and/or Service Class Consumption

Growth of 'global cities' in the 1980s was supposed to have involved an occupational polarisation, including growth of low paid service jobs. Though held to be untrue for European cities, at the time, some such growth did emerge in London a decade later than first reported for New York. The question is whether there was simply a delay before London conformed to the global city model, or whether another distinct cause was at work in both cases. This paper proposes that the critical factor in both cases was actually an upsurge of immigration from poor countries providing an elastic supply of cheap labour. This hypothesis and its counterpart based on growth in elite jobs are tested econometrically for the British case with regional data spanning 1975-2008, finding some support for both effects, but with immigration from poor countries as the crucial influence in late 1990s London. Keywords: regional labour markets; wages; employment; international migration; consumer demand JEL Codes: J21, J23, F22, R12

Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer - Second Report 2002 (PDF 132 KB)

Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer (RACC) was established in 1997 to carry forward the recommendations of the Campbell Report of 1996 and to provide advice to the Department of Health and Social Services on the future development of cancer services. The Committee meets twice a year and its membership (Appendix I) is an indication of the wide range of interests involved in Cancer Care across the community. This report records some of the key developments in cancer services over the last 3 years. åÊ Significant progress has been made toward developing a high quality and integrated cancer care network. All five Cancer Units are now operational with chemotherapy and outpatient services for the most common forms of cancer are delivered from these locations. Agreement to the start of the new Cancer Centre, at the Belfast City Hospital, currently estimated to cost å£58m, is expected shortly. As a temporary expedient two additional therapy machines will be installed in Belvoir Park Hospital to increase capacity while the building of the new Cancer Centre proceeds. åÊ To deliver high quality cancer care the workforce needs to continue to expand. This requires increasing investment in the training of professional staff in the context of an already difficult HPSS labour market. The development of the five Cancer Units has increased staff mobility in the short-term, drawing skilled staff away from the centre who have been difficult to replace. At the same time increasing numbers of patients are being offered effective therapies at both the Cancer Units and the Centre. åÊ This report contains a review of selected developments in cancer care. The first section introduces the Memorandum of Understanding and the Tripartite Agreement between the National Cancer Institute of the USA and the Health Departments both North and South. This is a unique international partnership, which promises to bring very significant advantages to both the service and research communities across the Island. åÊ åÊ åÊ

Le service public au XXIème siècle : identités et motivations au sein de l'après-fonctionnariat

Les multiples réformes qui ont touché les administrations publiques ont profondément transformé l'environnement de travail des employés, les projetant dans une ère nouvelle appelée ici "l'après-fonctionnariat". Ils font actuellement face à de nouvelles conditions d'emploi et manières de travailler ayant pour objectif de rendre le service public davantage performant. Avec quels impacts sur leurs identités et leurs motivations au travail ? Voici les résultats d'une recherche réalisée en Suisse.

Health and Health Service Use in Northern Ireland

Social Variations

Racial Equality in Health - Good Practice Guide - Consultation Document (PDF 261KB)

This good practice guide has been produced by the Equity Commission for Northern Ireland in partnership with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPSNI).

Eating Disorder Services - Consultation Paper (PDF 98KB)

Eating disorders have one of the highest levels of mortality of any psychiatric illness. Around 0.6% of all those with anorexia nervosa die per year giving a cumulative life time mortality of between 5%-20%. Eating disorders are also associated with high levels of psychiatric and physical complications. The physical complications are often irreversible, lead to multiple medical investigations and have significant resource implications in their management. åÊ

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Reviews - Seeking Your Views

This consultation pack has been prepared to provide the public, relevant interest groups and health service staff with information on the outcome of the cardiology and cardiac surgery reviews and to invite comments on the reviews and their recommendation. åÊ

Myths & Reality - Consultation Document (PDF 1183KB)

Report of the Working Group on Teenage Pregnancy & Parenthood

Partnerships in Caring - Standards for Service (PDF 96KB)

Health and Social Services are undergoing significant change and challenge as we move into a new millennium. The review of Regional Palliative Care Services, ‘Partnerships in Caring’ builds on the significant work already undertaken. The review highlights in particular the need for partnership with patients and their families – between the variety of care providers and with service planners and commissioners, as it is only in working together, in a co-ordinated way that we can hope to provide consistently high quality services. åÊ

Investing for Health - Consultation Paper

Investing for Health aims to improve the health of our people and reduce inequalities in health. It sets out a broad range of areas where new and concerted action could make a significant difference to health and wellbeing. Three priority groups are identified; the very young, children and young people, and older people. In line with best practice elsewhere a settings approach is proposed, and homes, schools, workplaces and communities are identified as priority settings. As part of an integrated lifestyle and lifeskills programme the priority topics identified include; smoking, physical activity, eating for health, harm related to alcohol and drug misuse, mental health, sexual health and accidents. åÊ