- View the Previous updates from December 2020
- View the Previous updates from November 2020
- View the Previous updates from October 2020
- View the Previous updates from September 2020
- View the Previous updates - August 2020
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View the Previous Updates - April - July 2020
- Rebuilding HSC Services – published 9 June 2020
- Letter from Permanent Secretary Richard Pengelly to all staff across HSC. View the Letter here
- Memorandum temporary amendment of the Health and Social Care Framework document view here for the period June 2020 to May 2022 and view the Terms of Reference here
- COVID-19: Regional Principles for Visiting in Care Settings in Northern Ireland
- Minister announces childcare is available for all
- Cross government response to tackling domestic and sexual abuse during COVID-19
- Minister is committed to public consultations
- Learning from Care Home COVID-19 experiences
- Appointment of Professor Siobhan O’Neill Interim Mental Health Champion
- Further Easements in shielding advice
- RQIA Inspection restrictions lifted
- Chief Medical Officer warns everyone that threat of COVID-19 remains
- New Framework Planned for Nursing and Medical input to Care Homes
- Mental Health Action Plan
- Coronavirus Related Health Inequalities Report
- Updated information for clinicians – HSS(Md)45/2020 – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), As an Aerosol Generating Procedure (AGP)
- Widely available Anti-inflammatory drug effective in treatment for COVID-19
- Funding Extension for Community Crisis Intervention Service
- SARS-CoV2 Antibody Testing – Programme Rollout
- Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse
- Minister launches Strategic Framework for rebuilding services
- Rebuilding Health and Social Care Services Strategic Framework. View document
- Award of Encompass contract to Epic Systems, to develop a single Digital Care Record for every citizen
- Share your experience if you have been shielding
- New ID Card for Carers
- Health Minister publishes guide to the coronavirus restrictions
- New advice for travellers coming to Northern Ireland
- Looking after yourself by keeping fit and healthy
- Minister announces £11.7m care home support package
- COVID-19 Test, Trace and Protect Strategy
- Advice for blind and partially sighted people during coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Mental Health Action Plan
- Thanks to courageous Nurses & Midwives from Health Minister Robin Swann
- Programme to support Care Homes
- Statement on the use of face coverings
- Guidance surrounding death
- Advice for Returning Professionals
- COVID-19: Guidance for Nursing and Residential Care Homes in Northern Ireland
- COVID-19: Guidance for HSC Staff – Terms and Conditions
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
- Supporting people with learning difficulties and/or autism
- Guidance on maintaining contact between parents and children during COVID-19 highlighted
- Email to raise concerns regarding PPE
- Guidance surrounding death
- The Safe and Legal Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Mental Health and Learning Disability Services during the Coronavirus Period
- Rebuilding HSC Services – published 9 June 2020