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🩺 Help Shape the Future of Healthcare in Northern Ireland
Too often, diseases are only detected once symptoms appear. Yet conditions such as cancer, dementia, diabetes, heart disease and stroke can begin developing long before any symptoms are noticed.
That is why I am encouraging people to consider taking part in Our Future Health, the UK's largest health research programme.
Over 2.7 million volunteers across the UK have already joined, including more than 11,000 people from Northern Ireland. By taking part, volunteers are helping researchers discover new ways to prevent, detect and treat disease earlier and more effectively.
One of the most significant aspects of this programme is that mobile clinics are travelling throughout Northern Ireland, making it easier for people living in towns, villages and rural communities to take part without travelling long distances.
Participation is straightforward:
✅ Read and sign a consent form
✅ Complete a health and lifestyle questionnaire
✅ Attend a clinic appointment where a blood sample and some physical measurements are taken
Participants will receive information about aspects of their health, including blood pressure, and may have opportunities to take part in future research studies.
This research could help develop:
🔹 Earlier detection of serious illnesses
🔹 Better screening programmes
🔹 More personalised treatments
🔹 Improved understanding of disease risk
🔹 Better outcomes for future generations
Anyone aged 18 or over can join.
👉 Find out more and sign up today:
www.ourfuturehealth.org.uk
Together we can help build a healthier future for Northern Ireland.
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Parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs often face a difficult and overwhelming journey. This is an excellent initiative from Cheryl Brownlee MLA, bringing together key organisations and support services in one place to help families access the advice and assistance they need.
If you or someone you know could benefit, I’d encourage you to find out more and register below.
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Every Child Matters: Supporting Your Child with SEN
The launch of our new information handbook – Every Child Matters
Coastguard Rescue Officers are frontline heroes.
Day and night, they carry out dangerous search and rescue missions, help people trapped in mud, respond to emergencies, and provide life-saving first aid.
It is deeply concerning that the Government is reportedly planning to stop paying Coastguard Rescue Officers for emergency callouts.
These dedicated volunteers deserve to be properly recognised and supported for the vital work they do to keep our communities safe.
If you agree, please join me in standing with our coastguards by signing the petition: 38d.gs/xk94
an interesting read ⬇️
France may be on fire, but ‘the world’ is not
The images from Bordeaux are terrifying, but the data simply do not support the climate-alarmist narrative.
The Irish justice system once again raises serious questions about its attitude towards republican terrorism.
The disgraceful decision to release an individual charged in connection with an alleged bombing offence sends entirely the wrong message. These are the kinds of actions that seek to drag Northern Ireland back to a dark chapter of violence that this individual was not even born into.
It is bad enough that, over the years, many victims have felt that those responsible for terrorist violence have escaped proper justice. Decisions like this do nothing to reassure the public that the lessons of the past have been learned. Instead, they undermine confidence in the justice system and leave victims feeling forgotten.
Those who seek to glorify, encourage or engage in terrorism should face the full force of the law. The people of Northern Ireland deserve the confidence that every possible step is being taken to ensure there is no return to the violence of the past.