La' Verne Montgomery is the departments Diversity Champion and is part of the NICS Diversity Champions Network (DCN). The DCN are relaunching the diversity and inclusion agenda. They are seeking to develop a brand that would be meaningful for colleagues and help to generate some energy and...More
Ministerial Foreword
Our adoption legislation in the north of Ireland is almost 30 years old. The key body of children’s legislation is more than 20 years old. In taking forward this Bill, my aim is to modernise the legislation for the benefit of children, their parents and those...More
NISRA continues to participate in the ONS-led Measuring National Wellbeing programme. The way in which we report NI updates to the programme remains under development. The latest update of NI data is presented alongside UK data in a ‘wheel’ format that has been used by ONS in their previous...More
INTRODUCTION
The Department of Health referred to below as “the Department” has undertaken a review of its current continuing healthcare policy in Northern Ireland. At the outset, it is important to note that this consultation is about the suitability of the continuing healthcare policy...More
DoF Information Management Unit have arranged a half-day seminar on Data Protection Reform to help staff prepare for the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Bill.
Hugh Widdis will open the event and we are fortunate to have secured a member of staff...More
Join us for this year's Government Legal Society Conference.
Title: Change and Challenge
Date: 23 November 2017
Time: 09.30 - 16.30 (with morning tea break, lunch and afternoon tea break)
Location: Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont
09:30am: Welcome...More
Thank you for attending the DoF GDPR Event on 16 th November 2017 in PRONI. We would be grateful for your feedback, to help us shape future awareness sessions.
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DoF Internal Communications want to know your views on a number of key areas such as the Intranet and Staff Brief to inform our work going forward and meet the communication needs of staff throughout the Department.
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This consultation is seeking feedback on the proposed changes to the Northern Ireland Crime Survey.
The Northern Ireland Crime Survey is an annual face-to-face survey commissioned on behalf of the Department of Justice Northern Ireland (DoJ) and is an important source of information about...More
The Northern Trust currently provides domiciliary care services to over 5,000 service users in their own homes. Domiciliary care is the term used to describe a range of social care services put in place to support a service user in their own home. These services are currently delivered by both...More
The nature of children’s services has changed radically in recent years with a sharp decline in the numbers and lengths of stay of children treated as hospital in-patients. More care is now provided in the community, outpatient departments and within rapid access or ambulatory care settings....More
The Department of Health is seeking views on their draft Equality Action Plan and Disability Action Plan. The consultation will close on Wednesday 28 th February 2018. Responses received after the closing date will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Freedom of...More
The Business Services Organisation (BSO) provides a broad range of regional business support functions and professional services to the Health and Social Care sector in Northern Ireland.
The Information and Research Unit (IRU) within BSO provide support, information and advice to both...More
International Women’s Day 2018
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This year NICS are marking International Women's Day with a series of events in partnership with The Charity for Civil Servants.
At each event we will examine the three key issues facing women in the workplace and...More
Following your attendance at the NICSHR International Women's Day event at Titanic Belfast on Friday 9th March 2018, we are keen to hear your feedback on this event.
Please complete this short questionnaire to assist us in continuing to deliver high quality events.
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The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust currently runs and directly manages 4 EMI residential care homes across Belfast. We are looking at the role of our residential homes and how we can change to provide the finest dementia care. A number of things have led us to start this review such as:
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The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust currently runs and directly manages 4 EMI residential care homes across Belfast. We are looking at the role of our residential homes and how we can change to provide the finest dementia care. A number of things have led us to start this review such as:
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Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) became the model of practice for behaviour management and physical restraint in Woodlands on 3 rd April 2017. MMPR in Woodlands must now be compliant with national standards in the training, reporting, recording and governance of the use of...More
This survey is to plan for the BBQ & Sports Day with a view to providing everyone with the opportunity to participate in the event in various capacities.
Please note all participants do so at their own risk and must wear appropriate footwear to participate in the Sports events.
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The 2017 NICS People Survey included questions around your personal experience of discrimination and bullying and harassment in the workplace.
It is of particular concern that 11% of DoH staff responding had experienced bullying or harassment and 9% of staff responding had experienced...More
As a Business Development Group member, you completed an Animal Health Plan with your Vet. We would like to know what you thought of the planning process, and also whether you feel it has been useful.
Responses are anonymous unless you choose to give us your contact details.
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