Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS), and convenience food retailer, MACE, are marking an important milestone as they enter their tenth year of working together. Throughout this time the charity partnership has gone from strength to strength, helping support thousands of local people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions and their families.

Whitehead based community organisation, Music and Mind, are kicking off their upcoming Healthy Body Healthy Mind Week with an ambitious fundraiser in aid of NICHS.

Heart Failure Awareness Week takes place this week (27th April-3rd May) and Malachy is sharing his story to raise awareness of heart health and the importance of getting checked if you have any unusual symptoms.

April is Stress Awareness Month, and we are using this period to increase public awareness about both the causes of stress and the ways it can be managed to help limit the negative impact on the public’s health.

We are extremely disappointed that Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) will not now be introduced in the Assembly during this term. The Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt, told the Assembly that the policy was supported by his party (the UUP), Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and SDLP, but he was unable to get support from the Executive to go forward with legislation.