About the programme

This is our health is a public conversation about how we can work together to help people in Northern Ireland live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives.
Most of what shapes our health happens in everyday life, at home, with family and in our communities. It’s not just when we come into contact with health and social care services.
At the same time, there are moments when services matter hugely, and when they need to work well, quickly and reliably.
This work is about understanding both and exploring where each of us is best placed to make a difference.
Upcoming public engagement events:
Come along and help shape the future of Health and Social Care.
Your insight will directly contribute to shaping the “This is our health” capacity-building promise.
Meet us at upcoming events:
- 25-28 June 2026 – Foyle Maritime Festival | 4 Day Event, Derry/Londonderry
- 27-28 June 2026 – The Tedberry Market – Glenarm Castle & Garden, Glenarm, Antrim
- 2-4 July 2026 – Stendhal Festival 2026 – Chapter 16, Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady
- 3-4 July 2026 – OMAGH Show, Omagh, Tyrone
- 4 July 2026 – Breaker Breaker Truck Show, Nutts Corner Sunday Market site, Crumlin
Come along and learn more about the initiative.
Upcoming professional events:
Join us for a webinar – This is our health – Can a behavioural science approach improve how we deliver services?
2pm to 3.30pm, Friday 5 June 2026, Zoom – Register here
The session will focus on the advantages of establishing a more collaborative, partnership-based relationship with the public in delivering health and social care. We will discuss the recently launched public conversation, ‘This is our health’, and explore the findings of the ‘People to Partners’ report, which was published in October 2025.
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This is our health is a new public engagement programme led by the Department of Health, with support from the Public Health Agency and HSC partners. Its aim is to listen to people and start developing a shared “health and care promise” — an agreement between the public and the HSC system about how we can all play a bigger part, so people can live healthier lives and services can focus their efforts where they are needed most.