Chief Medical Officer's annual report

Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael McBride, highlights some of the biggest public health issues facing Northern Ireland in his annual report. Some of the main themes in the report include cancer, alcohol misuse, drugs, smoking and obesity.

Download the report

The full report can be downloaded from the following link:

• Chief Medical Officer's annual report (PDF 4.45MB)
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Look after your health

The report encourages you to take responsibility for your own health by watching what you eat, taking regular exercise, reducing your alcohol intake and if you smoke – stop. nidirect has lots of helpful information on staying healthy:

• Sensible drinking
• Eat well
• Smoking
• Healthy weight
• Mental health
• Group B Streptococcus and pregnancy
• Flu

Bowel cancer screening

An important message in the report is for everyone who gets an invitation for the bowel cancer screening programme to respond to it. It is a simple test that could save your life.

• Bowel cancer

Healthcare associated infections

The Chief Medical Officer says that while improvements have been made, more needs to be done to help prevent and control healthcare associated infections.

• Healthcare associated infections

More useful links

• Cancer
• Drugs: what are the risks? (Parents section)
• Sexual health