“Living Well” provides key public health messages and advice through community pharmacies that are contracted to provide the service. Through the Living Well service, pharmacies can help address risk factors which contribute significantly to the overall prevalence of disease in Northern Ireland. A campaign schedule has been developed that is aligned with public health priorities. Community pharmacists and pharmacy staff will display and provide information as well as give advice on targeted campaign topics to patients presenting prescriptions and to general pharmacy visitors.
Service Documentation
Living Well Service Specification
If you have queries in relation to resource packs and delivery, please contact reception.pha@hscni.net Please ensure your email subject heading is titled “LIVING WELL PHARMACY CAMPAIGN”.
Campaign Resources
2024-2025 Campaigns
Campaign 4 – Sexual Health – to start 1st October 2024
- Looking after your sexual health campaign briefing
- A3 poster: Think you might be at risk of having an STI?
- A3 poster: Do you know your options when it comes to contraception?
- A1 poster: Do you know your options when it comes to contraception?
- A6 leaflet: Looking after your sexual health (attached)
- Sexual Health NI
- Living Well Sexual Health campaign key contacts – For Community Pharmacy Use Only
- Information on HPV vaccination up to 25 years of age
- Information on HPV vaccination and GBMSM
- HPV factsheet for professionals
- Leaflet: HPV vaccination for men
- A5 leaflet: HPV
- Information on cervical screening
- SH:24
- Booklet: Cervical screening: what you should know
- NICPLD
- Quiz – Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Quiz – Do you know your options when it comes to contraception
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
Campaign 3 – Live longer and stronger – to start 1st August 2024
- Live longer and stronger campaign briefing
- Choose to Live Better getting active
- A3 poster: Live longer and stronger
- A3 poster: Live longer and stronger empty belly
- A1 poster: Live longer and stronger
- 1/3 A4 leaflet: Ageing well by being active
- Take the next step booklet
- Walking for health, physical activity and age friendly coordinators
- NHS Better Health
- Walk NI
- Education, training and resources from Sport England
- Free training course ‘Getting Active for Better Ageing’ from Institute of Public Health
- NICPLD
- PHA tip sheet
- CMO Physical Activity Guidelines
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
Campaign 2 – MMR vaccination – to start 1st June 2024
- MMR vaccination campaign briefing
- nidirect MMR vaccine information
- nidirect childhood immunisation information
- Northern Ireland epidemiological measles information
- A1 poster: Get vaccinated with MMR
- A3 posters: Get vaccinated with MMR
- A3 poster: Immunisation protects
- A5 Leaflet: MMR
- Additional PHA Measles and MMR publications
- PHA vaccination publications
- Activity- Immunisation protects Wordsearch
- Activity –Immunisation protects colouring sheet
- PHA MMR vaccination video
- Parents vaccination webinar
- PNG for digital screen – A3: Get vaccinated with MMR
- PHA MMR presentation
- PHA general vaccination presentation
- Green book- immunisation against infectious disease
- NICPLD
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
Campaign 1 – Cancer screening saves lives – to start 1st April 2024
- Be cancer aware
- Cancer screening information (for healthcare professionals)
- Nidirect Breast screening information
- Bowel Cancer UK
- Nidirect bowel screening
- Cancer Research UK
- Cervical screening information
- Transgender screening information
- PHA publications
- Action cancer
- GP registration
- A1 poster: Don’t ignore your invite. It could save your life
- A3 posters: Don’t ignore your invite. It could save your life
- A3 poster: Are you aged 25-64?
- A5 Leaflet: Don’t ignore your invite. It could save your life
- Cancer screening saves lives briefing
- Activity – breast cancer screening Wordsearch
- Activity – bowel cancer screening Quiz
- Tips to help you relax before your cervical screening appointment
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Don’t ignore your invite. It could save your life
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Are you aged 25-64?
- NICPLD
- Lets communicate cancer elfh
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
2023-2024 Campaigns
Campaign 6 – Know your units – to start 1st February 2024
- Alcohol MOT | HSC Public Health Agency (hscni.net)
- A1 poster: Know your units
- A3 posters: Know your units
- A3 poster: Putting your health at risk
- A5 Leaflet: Focus on Alcohol
- Know your units Campaign briefing
- Directory of services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing | HSC Public Health Agency (hscni.net)
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Know your units
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Putting your health at risk
- Activity – Know your units Wordsearch
- Activity – Know your units Quiz
- Alcohol free cocktail recipes
- NICPLD
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
Campaign 5 – Take 5 steps to wellbeing – to start 1st December 2023
- www.mindingyourhead.info
- Samaritans
- Lifeline
- Pharmacists’ Advice and Support Service (PASS)
- Additional support resources
- A1 poster: Take 5 steps to wellbeing
- A3 posters: Take 5 steps to wellbeing
- A3 poster: Take 5 steps to wellbeing – empty belly
- Take 5 steps to wellbeing A5 Leaflet
- Take 5 steps to wellbeing Newsletter
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Take 5 steps to wellbeing
- Activity – wordsearch
- Colouring in page
- New Economics Foundation
- NICPLD
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
- Minding your head training
- Action Trauma training
Campaign 4 – Keep Antibiotics Working – to start 1st October 2023
- TARGET resources
- World Antibiotic Awareness Week
- Antibiotic Guardian
- NHS antibiotic information
- NICE antimicrobial stewardship
- NI Formulary – Infections
- nidirect – Anitbiotic resistance
- nidirect self care information
- Self care forum fact sheets
- Hand Hygiene
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- A1 poster: Pharmacist checklist
- A3 poster: Pharmacist checklist
- A3 poster: Take your pharmacist’s advice
- Keep Antibiotics Working A5 Leaflet
- Keep Antibiotics Working Newsletter
- Pharmacy Penicillin Allergy fact sheet
- PNG for digital screen – A1 poster: Pharmacist checklist
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Pharmacist checklist
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: Take your pharmacist’s advice
- Activity – Quiz
- Colouring in page
- Pharmacy training slides
- NICPLD
- Social prescribing contacts (please note updated last in Jan 2023)
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
- E-bug colouring in page – microbesbso.hscni.net/…/social-prescribing-resources
- Animation – PHA antibiotics with subtitles on Vimeo
Campaign 3 – Childhood immunisations
- NI Direct- childhood immunisation
- Check their red book
- A1 poster: immunisation protects
- A3 poster: immunisation protects
- A3 poster: vaccinations
- Childhood immunisation Leaflet
- Childhood immunisation Newsletter
- Vaccination Webinar for parents
- MMR video
- HPV video
- HPV information
- PNG for digital screen – A1 poster: immunisation protects
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: immunisation protects
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster: vaccinations
- Immunisation protects word search
- Colouring in page
- NICPLD
- The Green book: immunisation against infectious disease
- PHA Vaccination presentation for pharmacy teams
- Social prescribing contacts
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
- Measles: Don’t let your child catch it
- Measles: Symptoms and treatment (English and translations) | HSC Public Health Agency (hscni.net)
- Useful resources for Living Well “Childhood Immunisations” campaign
Campaign 2 – Care in the sun
- Care in the sun webpage
- Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy and Action Plan
- Northern Ireland Cancer Registry – skin cancer
- Care in the sun campaign briefing
- A1 poster: Care in the sun
- A3 poster: Care in the sun
- A3 poster: Be UV Aware
- A4 leaflet: Skin cancer: what you need to know
- Cancer Focus NI Bright Idea Leaflet
- Be UV Aware Colouring sheet
- Care in the Sun Word Search
- PNG for digital screen: A1 poster – care in the sun
- PNG for digital screen: A3 poster – care in the sun
- PNG for digital screen: A3 poster – Be UV Aware
- Sunlight exposure NICE guidance 34
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
- Social prescribing contacts
- Vitamin D
- NICPLD
- Be UV Aware – Cancer Focus NI course
- Action Cancer – Skin Cancer Detection Service Leaflet
Campaign 1 – Look after your eyes
- NIDirect eye care webpage
- NIDirect eye health webpage
- Look after your eyes campaign briefing
- A5 booklet – Look after your eyes
- A5 booklet large print accessible word version
- A1 poster – Look after your eyes
- A3 Poster – Look after your eyes
- A3 poster – How do your eyes shape up?
- Blank local Optometrist list template
- Wordsearch
- Colouring page
- Quiz
- PNG for digital screen – A1 poster – look after your eyes
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster – look after your eyes
- PNG for digital screen – A3 poster – How do your eyes shape up
- Social Media Schedule – click here for schedule and assets
- RNIB leaflet – What to know too shy to ask
- Social prescribing contact details
- Care in the sun
- Stop Smoking
- Choose to live better
- Additional campaign activities
- RNIB
- Macular Society Support groups
- RNIB need to talk course
- Amsler chart – If pharmacy staff are aware of a patient who is at risk of, or has recently been diagnosed with, agerelated macular degeneration (AMD), advise the patient they can use an Amsler chart at home to monitor signs of distorted vision.
- NICPLD e-learning: ears, eyes and oral health
- E-learning for healthcare
- RNIB training
