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Separation of younger from older patients in hospital: statement for the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 20 prepared pursuant to section 12(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Acts, Bills
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Annual Statement prepared pursuant to Section 12(2) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (NI) Act 1978
Proposals to extend age discrimination legislation (age goods, facilities and services): consultation document
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 118
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This consultation sets out policy proposals to protect adults and young people aged 16 years and over from discrimination on the basis of age in relation to goods, facilities and services, charities, premises, education, public functions, and private clubs and associations. The scope of the proposals is therefore broader than goods, facilities and services alone. The proposals also cover health and social care and financial services, setting out the evidence of current discriminatory practice, scope and exceptions of proposals and how these would work in practice. The consultation ends on 8 October 2015. (Edited publisher abstract)
Suicide statistics report 2016: including data for 2012-2014
- Author:
- SCOWCROFT Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Samaritans
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
A collation of suicide statistics for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland using information available from the official statistics bodies for the years 2012-2014. The document provides data and a description of the suicide rates in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, identifying trends and including breakdowns by age group. It also provides details about how to use suicide data and the differences between countries’ ways of producing them. It reports that there were 6,581 suicides in the UK and Republic of Ireland, in 2014. The figures suggest that rates of suicide in men are decreasing and female rates are increasing, although men remain more than three times more likely to take their own lives than women across the UK and Republic of Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)
Community, consumerism and credit: the experience of an urban community in North-West Ireland
- Author:
- MANKTELOW Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 14(3), August 2011, pp.257-274.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The problems of debt and consumerism are global phenomena. For people on low incomes, consumer credit is often used to pay for essentials; these people pay substantially more for their credit than the better-off. The study addresses how global forces of credit and consumerism are experienced at a local level and what local collective strategies can be developed to counter such forces. The study was conducted in a relatively deprived, urban, public housing estate in the City of Derry, Northern Ireland. The community can be characterised as having strong links of shared communitarian values and informal systems of mutual aid, and weak ties into the wider world producing a sense of insularity, isolation and stagnation. The impact of debt and consumerism in the community was investigated using 4 focus groups held with representatives of key constituencies (women, teenagers, children and older people.) The constituent groups of the local community reported a diverse experience of strain, isolation, powerlessness and guilt. Five key themes were generated from analysis of the data; these themes described the consumerist pressures and reported the financial struggles and resulting threat to well-being. The themes are: the young consumer; being a good mother; celebration and ritual; the pattern of credit and debt; and managing and not managing.
Advancing psychological therapies research in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- IRVINE Mandy, et al
- Publisher:
- Public Health Agency
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 191p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
One of a series of rapid research reviews following the Bamford Review to contribute to a needs led research programme for psychological therapies. First the paper reviews existing national and international literature regarding psychological therapies. It then outlines the findings of a regional survey into the current provision of psychological therapies and research programmes being delivered across statutory and third sector services in Northern Ireland. The findings of the presented by the four main client groups of: adults; older adults; children and young people; and learning disabilities. Conditions covered include: depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, suicide, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and challenging behaviour. Finally the authors offer a model for prioritising future needs-led research in the psychological therapies in Northern Ireland.
A flourishing society: aspirations for emotional health and wellbeing in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- LEAVEY Gerard, et al
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 114p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland (NI), this report undertakes a review of the current mental health promotion and suicide prevention strategies in NI. Specifically it aims to: consider progress achieved against the recommendations within the existing strategies; to identify the actions within the existing Mental Health Promotion Strategy 03-08 that will need to be carried forward to a new strategy; to highlight gaps that will need to be addressed in a new strategy; to review the relevant international research and advise on its transferability to the NI situation; to consider approaches to building resilience at both an individual and community level; to investigate the development of population metrics to measure improvement in mental health levels; to provide advice and direction to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) to assist with the development of a new mental health and emotional wellbeing strategy.
Out of the shadows: an action research report into families, racism and exclusion in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- MANN-KLER Deepa
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, February 1998, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Eight voluntary organisations in Northern Ireland, including Barnardo's and Save the Children, have come together to produce a report examining the impact of racial discrimination on statutory service provision for women and young people in ethnic minority communities. The author of the report outlines the findings.
Service framework for learning disability
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 157
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This Service framework for learning disabilities is one of a set of Service Frameworks which sets out standards for health and social care to be used by service users and carers, to help them understand the standard of care they can expect to receive in Northern Ireland. The Service Framework for Learning Disability aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a learning disability and their carers and families by promoting social inclusion, reducing inequalities in health and social wellbeing and improving the quality of health and social care services. The Framework sets standards in relation to: Safeguarding and Communication and Involvement in the Planning and Delivery of Services; Children and Young People; Entering Adulthood; Inclusion in Community Life; Meeting General Physical and Mental Health Needs; Meeting Complex Physical and Mental Health Needs; At Home in The Community; Ageing Well; and Palliative and End of Life Care. Each standard is accompanied by a statement on what the standard is intended to achieve. It also sets out the evidence base and rationale for the development of the standard and the performance indicators that will be used to measure that the standard during the three year period 2013 - 2016. The Framework has been developed with the involvement of people from all aspects of health and social care, including patients, users of services and their carers. (Edited publisher abstract)