Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Coordinates: 54°32′24″N 5°54′18″W / 54.540°N 5.905°W The Belfast Trust is a Health and Social Care Trust covering Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Trust is one of five new NHS trusts which were created on 1 April 2007 by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). The Belfast Trust employs 22,000 staff.[1] It has responsibility for services to over 340,000 patients, previously provided by Belfast City Hospital, The Royal Hospitals, the Mater Hospital, Green Park Healthcare Trust, North and West Belfast and South and East Belfast HSS Trusts.[2]

Population

The area covered by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has a population of 348,204 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]

Services

The Trust opened a new supported housing scheme called Hemsworth Court costing £5 million with 35 apartments which aims to maintain the independence of people with dementia on Shankhill Road in March 2015.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "About the trust: Working for us". Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Belfast Trust - Index
  3. ↑ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014". NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "£5M DEMENTIA HOUSING SCHEME OFFICIALLY OPENS IN BELFAST". Care Appointments. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

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