Signs of Type 1 Diabetes
Children can develop Type 1 Diabetes at any time – Parents don’t ignore signs of #type1diabetes and don’t let the pandemic put you off seeking help. If symptoms develop, get your child’s blood sugar checked that day. For further information see http://pha.site/type1
All children aged 5 to 11 can now get the COVID-19 vaccine
The next stage of the vaccine rollout went live on 2nd March in Northern Ireland. This phase is aimed at vaccinating the age groups from 5 – 11 years old.
As part of the rollout of the vaccine to this age group, the Public Health Agency will be hosting a one hour information session to families and care givers to help answer any questions they might have. This will take place on Wednesday 9th March at 2pm via Zoom.
Please register below and details on how to join the meeting will follow.
For further informaion on the vaccine for this age group, please click here https://mailchi.mp/hscni/5to11vaccine?e=a0a59c9f77
Please note this session will be recorded and made available via the regional Engage site
To register for the session, please click the link below.
| Organ donation in Northern Ireland – what are your communication needs? |
This survey is a short survey to find out a little bit about your awareness of organ donation, how it works, and how you would like to be communicated with about a change in the law which will take place next Spring 2023.
There are just 9 short questions and it should take only a few minutes to complete.
It is entirely confidential and will help us understand and improve how we can best engage with you on the topic.
Please complete the survey by: Friday 4 March 2022.
Thank you for your help.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/W5FGKJZ
From Spring 2023, the law around organ donation is changing to an opt-out system.
The new law will be known as Dáithí’s Law and means, in the event that organ donation is a possibility after you die, it will be considered that you agree to being an organ donor unless you have registered a decision not to donate, or are in an excluded group.
If you do not wish to become an organ donor then you will need to opt out on the NHS Organ Donor Register.
Organ donation is a personal decision and you will still have a choice if you wish to donate or not.
Until Dáithí’s Law comes into effect, keep talking about #OrganDonation and sign the NHS Organ Donor Register.
Whatever you decide, please remember to talk to loved ones about your decision so they will know what you would have wanted.
To read more about the law change visit www.organdonationni.info
Would this help you in dealing with your children’s big feelings?
A few years ago, when I read Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson’s book the Whole Brain Child, I thought this would have really helped me when my kids were younger.
That started a journey of taking ideas from that book, with the help of others, creating a resource Building our Children’s Developing Brain and training workers to use it with families.
Now with along with the Autism Team in the South Eastern Trust , we have put these tools into an accessible Page Tiger tool that can help us all as carers and parents help our children with their big feelings. This may be particularly useful as we all help our kids through these challenging times.
What one parent told us: “It is the kind of stuff every parent should look at; I wish I had it a long time ago.”
We hope you find it as helpful as she did. https://view.pagetiger.com/selfcareforfamilies
