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Empowering organisations to create a healthier Northern Ireland through advocacy, education, and collaboration. Explore Our Upcoming EventsShare your news with usInvitation to Tender for an Applied Research Commission on VCSE–HSC Contracting in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Health Collective is inviting tenders for an applied research commission exploring contracting between HSCNI bodies and VCSE organisations in Northern Ireland. The commission...
New report links around 33,800 cancer cases a year to deprivation in UK
Cancer Research UK's latest report suggests that around 33,800 cancer cases every year across the UK are linked to deprivation — amounting to nearly 1 in 10 cancer cases across the UK. People living...
Making Life Better Refreshed: A Renewed Focus on Health Inequalities and Prevention
The Department of Health has published the refreshed Making Life Better: Thematic Action Plan (2026), providing a renewed framework for collaborative action to improve health and wellbeing and...
Endometriosis 💛 If You Listen Closely, This Is What You’ll Hear
For just under two years, I’ve been listening to women across Northern Ireland as they share their experiences of living with endometriosis. I’ve also spoken with women in the Republic of Ireland...
Cross-Border Surgery Reimbursement: What It Could Mean for Patients and the VCSE Sector
Northern Ireland's Department of Health is pursuing reimbursement arrangements for people who travel to the Republic of Ireland or EU countries for surgery while on long hospital waiting lists....
COVID-19 Vaccination in Spring 2026: What the Latest Data Means for Older People’s Services
The Public Health Agency's latest COVID-19 vaccination surveillance report covering 20 April to 31 May 2026 shows that 53,293 vaccinations were administered across Northern Ireland during that...
Cold homes, poor health: Why the Warm Healthy Homes consultation matters to all of us
The Department for Communities currently has a live consultation on the Warm Healthy Homes Fund, open until 19 August 2026. For anyone working at the intersection of health and community wellbeing,...
Strengthening Northern Ireland’s health and economy through life sciences leadership
By Marion Laverty, Head of Public Affairs, Northern Ireland, ABPI The Northern Ireland Health Collective (NIHC) is delighted to welcome the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)...
This Is Our Health: NI Health Collective Perspective
The NI Health Collective welcomes the launch of This is Our Health, a Department of Health public engagement programme that forms part of the Minister’s wider Reset Plan for health and social care....
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