Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

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Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Type Health and social care trust
Established1 April 2007
Headquarters51 Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 7AB [1]
Hospitals
Staff19,732 (2018/19) [2]
Website belfasttrust.hscni.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) is a health organisation covering Belfast, Northern Ireland. The trust is one of five new trusts which were created on 1 April 2007 by the then Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). The Belfast Trust employs 22,000 staff. [3] It has responsibility for services to over 340,000 patients, provided at various hospitals including Belfast City Hospital, the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Mater Hospital and Musgrave Park Hospital. [4]

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History

The trust was established as the Belfast Health and Social Services Trust on 1 August 2006, and became operational on 1 April 2007. [5]

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. [6]

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 Shankill Road in March 2015. [7]

The Duke of Connaught Unit, located within Musgrave Park Hospital, was opened in October 2022. It provides orthopaedic services for patients who do not need overnight stays. [8]

Performance

In March 2016 the waiting time for routine spinal appointments was 110 weeks rising in four-weekly increments each month because capacity in Musgrave Park Hospital spinal service does not meet the current demand for services. [9]

In April 2017 waiting time for paediatric ear surgery was around 30 weeks. [10] In April 2022 there were 4,287 children who had been waiting a year or more for a first consultant led outpatient appointment. [11]

According to Stephen McCarroll, owner of Surgical Systems Ireland, and an independent candidate in the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, the trust reorganised its finance department in January 2009 and suppliers’ bills were not paid on time. [12]

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References

  1. "Belfast Trust Headquarters". Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts" (PDF). Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "About the trust: Working for us". Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. Belfast Trust - Index
  5. "The Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. "£5M DEMENTIA HOUSING SCHEME OFFICIALLY OPENS IN BELFAST". Care Appointments. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. "Health Minister opens new orthopaedics unit". Department of Health. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. "Shock at two-year wait for spinal appointment". Newsletter. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  10. "'My son has been in pain for three years, now he faces a further 30-week wait for ear surgery'". Belfast Telegraph. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  11. "Northern Ireland waiting lists 'alarming' as 4,000 children waiting more than a year for appointment". Belfast Live. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  12. "Independent candidate in long battle with Civil Service". Banbridge Leader. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.