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NI Health Collective – A Year of Collaboration
A Northern Ireland wide ‘NI Health Collective’, launched in January 2025, has marked it’s first anniversary with an event at Hillsborough Castle. The NI Health Collective operates under the auspice...
Northern Ireland Health Collective Celebrating One Year
A key recommendation from the People to Partner Report is to develop a strategic framework for Northern Ireland that establishes principles to adopt a ‘do with’, asset-based, partnership approach to guide HSC and cross-government change. This framework should focus on shifting mindsets and system/organisational culture, rather than replicating existing models.
NI Health Collective celebrates Head Gillian Lewis’s election as Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health
The Northern Ireland Health Collective is delighted to share that its Head, Gillian Lewis, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). This Fellowship recognises...
Evidence for Action: Embedding Equity in the Reset Agenda
The newly published Health Inequalities Annual Report 2025 from the Department of Health offers a sobering yet essential look at the scale and persistence of health inequalities across Northern...
Breaking Barriers, Saving Lives: Why We Must Rethink Suicide Prevention
By: Renee Quinn, Executive Director, PIPS The Reality we are facing Northern Ireland continues to struggle with some of the highest suicide rates in the UK—a silent epidemic that claims hundreds of...
Tackling Health Inequalities for People with a Learning Disability in Northern Ireland
By Leslie-Anne Newton, ARC NI Director The estimated 42,000 individuals with a learning disability living in Northern Ireland face stark health inequalities. Disparities that, if unaddressed, cost...
The Northern Ireland Health Collective welcomes the HSC Reset Plan
The Northern Ireland Health Collective welcomes the publication of the Department of Health’s HSC Reset Plan, which sets out a bold and necessary roadmap to stabilise, reform and deliver a more...
Small Steps with Big Impact
In collaboration with Charlene Brooks, Belfast Healthy Cities www.belfasthealthycities.com As part of the Healthy Cities initiative, Belfast Healthy Cities has supported schools in piloting walking...
Government must ‘walk the walk’ and put active travel plans into action
Credits to: Sustrans/ Brian Morrison With its long clear days, May is the ideal time for National Walking Month. Walking, or wheeling* opens up a whole new world. It’s free, sociable and healthy....
Gillian Lewis to Lead NI Health Collective as New Head, Championing Health Equity and Collaboration
Announcement CO3 is pleased to announce the appointment of Gillian Lewis as the new Head of the Northern Ireland Health Collective. The Northern Ireland Health Collective serves as a forum for...
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