Mission: To make health a top priority for everyone in Northern Ireland.

Description:
The Investing for Health strategy, launched in March 2002, contains a framework for action to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. This is based on partnership working among departments, public bodies, local communities, voluntary bodies, District Councils and social partners. Investing for Health focuses on tackling the wider determinants of health and includes educational attainment, living and working conditions, the wider environment, mental and emotional health and wellbeing, accidental death and injuries, and healthy lifestyle choices.

The Department of Health, Social Service and Public Safety (DHSSPS), in collaboration with the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland, has produced Investing for Health Update 2004 highlighting the progress made so far in implementing the Investing for Health strategy. Included is information on targets that have been achieved to date, a report from the Investing for Health conference held in December 2003, and highlights of a range of excellent work under way, helping to meet the strategic aims and objectives of Investing for Health.