APG on Rare Diseases, APG on Community Pharmacy and APG on Suicide Prevention

ALL PARTY GROUP ON RARE DISEASES

A virtual meeting to discuss the establishment of an All-Party Group (APG) on Rare Diseases and elect office bearers to the proposed group has been arranged to take place on Wednesday 26th March 2025 @ 2pm using the Microsoft Teams Platform.

Northern Ireland Rare Disease Partnership Charity (NIRDP) are leading a meeting to establish a Rare Disease All Party Group at the NI Assembly to create a platform for the 1 in 17 people affected by a rare disease – that’s 110,000 people across NI.

All Members are welcome to attend.

An invite will be emailed separately on request to any MLA who wishes to attend providing instructions on how to join the remote/virtual meeting.

For further information and to request the appropriate links and joining instructions for the remote/virtual meeting, please contact NIRDP, Sarah Callaghan at scallaghan@nirdp.org.uk or call 07540856870.

ALL PARTY GROUP ON COMMUNITY PHARMACY

A meeting of the All-Party Group on Community Pharmacy has been arranged to take place on Tuesday 25^th March, from 12 to 1pm in Room 274, Parliament Buildings.

In attendance will be representatives from Community Pharmacy NI, including Gerard Greene, Chief Executive, Chair, Peter Rice, and Marie Smith, Vice-Chair.

All Members are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided.

For further information please contact Jude Austin on 07842 530424 or email judea@communitypharmacyni.co.uk.

ALL PARTY GROUP ON  SUICIDE PREVENTION  

A meeting of the All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention has been arranged to take place on 25^th March at 12 noon – 1.00pm ONLINE.

All Members are welcome to attend.

For further information and to obtain an online link please contact Ellen Finlay on e.finlay@samaritans.org.