This year, Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from 12 to 18 May 2025. The theme for 2025 is 'Community'. 

Mental Health Awareness Week | Mental Health Foundation

The COVID-19 spring booster vaccination programme will get under way in Northern Ireland from April 2025 to June 2025.

Patients eligible:

• adults aged 75 years and over
• residents in a care home for older adults
• individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed

 Available clinic dates:

• Monday 28th April - morning or afternoon
• Tuesday 29th April - morning or afternoon
• Thursday 1st May - morning or afternoon
• Friday 2nd May - morning only

In Northern Ireland there are three Cancer screening programmes; Breast screening, Bowel Cancer Screening and Cervical Cancer screening.  Cancer Screening programmes aim to detect cancer, or risk of cancer, at an early stage, when treatment is more likely to be effective.

Cancer Screening Northern Ireland | Cancer Screening Northern Ireland

Screening Programmes - Action Cancer

Five top tips for giving up smoking:

• Make a date to give up – and stick to it!
• Make a plan. Think about what could help you stop smoking, such as using a nicotine-replacement product, and have it ready before the date you plan to stop.
• Get support from your local Stop Smoking Service. Also, let your family and friends know that you're quitting. Some people find that talking to friends and relatives who have stopped can be helpful.
• Keep busy to help take your mind off cigarettes. Try to change your routine, (and plan alternative activities for places you associate with smoking) and avoid the shop where you normally buy cigarettes.
• Remind yourself that the money saved now from not smoking can be used for other things you or your family want or need.

For more information on the services available near you and useful tips to stop smoking, visit the PHA’s Stop Smoking website.