Organisation: Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Description:

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust became operational on

1 April 2007. The Trust provides services to the areas formerly covered by Homefirst, Causeway and United Hospitals Trusts.

The Trust is geographically the largest in Northern Ireland, covering counties Antrim and parts of Tyrone and Londonderry. The local government districts of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Cookstown, Larne, Magherafelt, Moyle and Newtownabbey fall within the Northern Trust boundary. We employ 13,000 staff providing services to a population of around 440,000, both rural and suburban communities. Our annual budget is approximately £500 million.

We provide a range of acute hospital and community services.

The main acute hospitals are Antrim Area Hospital, Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, Mid Ulster Hospital in Magherafelt and Whiteabbey Hospital. Additional hospital services are provided at Braid Valley, Dalriada, Moyle and Robinson Hospitals. Holywell Hospital in Antrim provides a range of acute and other in-patient mental health services.

The greater range of services provided by the Trust is in community-based settings. We provide services to children and older people, nursing and support services at home, outreach mental health services, and work with General Practitioners in the primary care sector to support people outside a hospital setting.

Contact name: Marsha McDowell

Address:

The Cottage

5 Greenmount Avenue

Ballymena

Postcode: BT43 6DA

Tel: (028) 2563 3701

Fax: (028) 2563 3733

Email: marsha.mcdowell@northerntrust.hscni.net

Website: www.northerntrust.org

Sector (statutory, voluntary, community, other): Statutory

Area of interest/expertise: As outlined above

Mission statement:

To provide for all, the quality of service we expect for our families and ourselves.