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Northern Ireland environmental health/health promotion joint working group
Involves:

This group involves:
-Health Promotion Commissioner
-Health Promotion Managers from the four Health and Social Services Boards
-Health Promotion Agency
(HPA)
-Representative from Belfast City Council's Environmental Health Department
-Representatives from the four environmental health groups
-Representative from the Sustainable Northern Ireland Programme.

Aim: To improve collaboration between environmental health and health promotion in Northern Ireland.
Work:

1.To influence and contribute to the strategic development of health promotion.
2.
To provide a platform for better cross-sectoral communication and the sharing of good practice.
3.
To promote and develop a deeper understanding of respective professional roles and responsibilities.
4.
To identify and work collaboratively on common agendas.
5. To lend support and help to local projects.
6.
To strengthen existing infra-structures and encourage the development of new ones to promote health and environmental issues.
7.
To review the progress/achievements of this group.

 


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