On 8th April 2014 former Health Minister, Edwin Poots, announced his intention to commission former Chief Medical Officer of England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, to advise on the improvement of governance arrangements across the HSC...
NICE guidance is designed and developed for the NHS in England and is therefore not automatically applicable to Northern Ireland. On 1st July 2006, DHSSPS established links with NICE whereby all technology appraisals and clinical...
The Health Minister commissioned this evaluation in response to concerns that the Individual Funding Request process was not meeting its objective of providing access to unapproved specialist drugs where there is an agreed clinical need...
DHSSPS is conducting a consultation on proposals for amending Pension Scheme Regulations.
No new Clinical Excellence Awards were made during the period of the public sector pay freeze of 2010/11 and 2011/12, on the basis that they were deemed to be part of pay. This decision was...
Following publication of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in November 2013, all four UK countries agreed to develop an implementation plan or high level strategies, relevant to their respective jurisdiction, to deliver the 51...
Supported lodgings aim to provide young people with safe, suitable and supportive places to live within a local familial type environment. The standards will set a benchmark to be used by current and future supported...
The service framework for children and young people is the seventh in a planned series of service framework to be developed. It aims to improve the health and well being of children, their carers and...
The Department held a consultation on a proposed policy change to revoke the HIV Testing Kits and Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992, thereby removing the ban on the sale of HIV self-testing kits directly to...
The framework was originally launched in 2009, and upon reaching the end of its three year life cycle, has been subjected to a fundamental review. The revised framework contains 56 standards relating to all respiratory...
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety consulted on proposals for a new NI Firefighters’ Pension Scheme from 1 April 2015.
DHSSPS is seeking your views on a strategy for Health and Social Care research and development in Northern Ireland.
DHSSPS is seeking your views on a new ten year home accident prevention strategy.
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) launched a joint consultation on the civil provisions of the draft Mental Capacity Bill and associated proposals for those...
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and the Department of Justice, as the lead policy Departments for Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse, aim to put in place enhanced services, protection and...
The Department has produced a guidance document for health and social care professionals on termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland.
Under Section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), as amended by Article 5 of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (DDO), the Department is required when carrying out its functions to have...
Following publication of the Bamford Review report, A Comprehensive Legislative Framework and consultation on the Department's proposal, A Legislative Framework for Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation, the Minister in September 2009 announced his intention...
The Bamford Review completed its work in 2007 and set out a vision for taking forward mental health services in Northern Ireland to enhance the dignity and human rights of some of the most vulnerable...