News & Stories

  • Well done to three member organisations, Queen’s University, Ulster University and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, for taking a coordinated approach to tackle such an important issue
    https://t.co/h3rEPVJPop – Cash boost for NI student mental health
  • This BBC article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47002578) highlights appropriate use of language when referring to someone with cancer. It highlighted some “dos and don’ts” as well as individual differences in preferences. Macmillan Cancer Support (https://www.macmillan.org.uk/) provides advice and a link to a wealth of support so it would be very worthwhile to circulate this information and use it to help inform colleagues about this sensitive issue, especially in the run up to World Cancer Day (Monday 4 February).
  • Disability Action guide to positive action in recruitment – read in member area