We can advise on policy and strategy
relating to health, social services and public safety in Northern Ireland. If
you have a query about Departmental policy, please use the A-Z below to locate the relevant contact.
To help us answer your query as quickly as possible, please search using the subject that is most
relevant to your query.
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety is responsible
for policy relating to Northern Ireland. If your query is not related to health
or social services in Northern Ireland, you should contact your local health and social services authority.
If your query is not policy related, and you want to find out about
delivery of health and social services in your area, you should contact your local trust. Visit
www.healthandcareni.co.uk
for a full list of boards and trusts
contact details.
for a full list of boards and trusts
contact details.If you are contacting us on behalf of a media organisation you should
contact the Press Office.
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
A |
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| Abortion | 028 9052 0530 |
familypolicyunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Adoption | 028 9052 2610 028 9052 2977 |
adoption@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Agenda for Change | 028 9052 2794 028 9052 2815 |
p&e@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Alcohol Strategy | 028 9052 0780 | nidast@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Ambulance Services | 028 9052 0225 028 9052 2652 028 9052 3351 |
publicsafetyunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
B |
||
| Breast Feeding Strategy | 028 9052 0531 028 9052 0772 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Business Case Unit | 028 9052 3441 028 9052 3205 |
infrastructureInvestment@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
C |
||
| Careers in the HPSS | 028 9052 2776 028 9052 2664 |
wpu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Carers Strategy | 028 9052 2930 028 9052 2205 |
eldcommcare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Care Tribunal | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Charging for Residential Accomodation | 028 9052 2471 | eldcommcare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Charters | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Chief Medical Officer | 028 9052 0720 028 9052 8471 |
cmo@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Childhood Obesity - Prevention | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0779 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Child Protection | 028 9052 0416 028 9052 2951 |
childp@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Children Order - Children in Care | 028 9052 2973 028 9052 2450 |
lookedafterchildren@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Children, Young People and Families (Strategic Framework) | 028 9052 2450 028 9052 0705 |
cypf.strategicframework@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Children - Secure Care | 028 9076 5610 028 9052 2973 |
lookedafterchildren@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Children - Social Services | 028 9052 2792 |
lookedafterchildren@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Children’s Fund Unit | 028 9052 0027 028 9052 3141 |
childrensfundunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Children’s Homes & Residential Homes | 028 9076 5610 028 9052 2973 |
lookedafterchildren@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Clinical & Social Care Governance Support Team | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Communicable Diseases | 028 9052 2059 028 9052 8664 |
health.protection@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Community Care | 028 9052 2471 028 9052 2205 |
eldcommcare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Community Pharmacy | 028 9076 5626 028 9076 5602 028 9052 2952 028 9052 8624 |
communitypharmacy@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Complementary & Alternative Medicine | 028 9076 5602 028 9052 0224 |
communitypharmacy@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Counter Fraud | 028 9076 5616 028 9052 8564 028 9052 3389 |
counterfraud@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
D |
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| Dental Services | 028 9052 2364 |
dentalbranch@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Direct Payments | 028 9052 0682 028 9052 2205 |
eldcommcare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Disability Services | 02890 520276 |
disabilityunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Domestic Violence | 028 9052 1974 028 9052 1065 |
domesticviolence@niassembly.gov.uk |
| Drugs Strategy | 028 9052 0780 |
nidast@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
E |
||
| Education & Training | 028 9052 0233 |
etu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| EHIC (European Health Insurance Card – formerly E111) | 028 9052 3434 |
|
| Elderly Care in the Community | 028 9052 2471 028 9052 2205 |
eldcommcare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Emergency Preparedness and Response | 028 9052 0785 028 9052 2453 |
|
| Emergency Pressures | 028 9052 0691 028 9052 8562 |
servicedeliverydirectorate@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Equality Unit | 028 9052 0539 |
equality@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| European Unit | 028 9052 0027 028 9052 3369 |
europeanunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
F |
||
| Facilities Management | 028 9052 0025 |
www.healthestatesni.gov.uk |
| Family Policy | 028 9052 0530 028 9052 2666 |
familypolicyunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Finance | 028 9052 8654 028 9052 0217 |
financereturns@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Fire Services | 028 9052 0225 028 9052 2212 028 9052 8240 |
publicsafetyunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Fit Futures | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0779 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Flu | 028 9052 2059 028 9052 8664 |
health.protection@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Fluoridation | 028 9052 2364 |
dentalbranch@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Food & Nutrition | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0532 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Fostering | 028 9052 2142 028 9052 2569 |
fostering@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Freedom of Information | 028 9052 2353 |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
G |
||
| General Dental & Ophthalmic Service | 028 9052 0235 028 9076 5605 |
gdps@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| General Medical Services | 028 9076 5604 028 9052 3434 |
gmsenquiries@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Addres |
|---|---|---|
H |
||
| Health Action Zones | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0784 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Health Impact Assessment | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0532 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Health Promotion | 028 9052 0534 028 9052 2133 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Health Protection | 028 9052 2059 028 9052 8664 |
health.protection@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Healthy Start | 028 9052 0531 028 9052 0526 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Home Accident Prevention | 028 9052 0531 028 9052 0772 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Hospital Doctors and Dentists Pay & Employment | 028 9052 2817 028 9052 2344 |
p&e@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Hospital Pharmacy | 028 9052 2952 028 9052 8624 |
pharmaceuticalservices@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Hospitals | 028 9052 8562 028 9052 3419 |
secondarycare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| HPSS Complaints | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Human Resources | 028 9052 0781 028 9052 2431 |
p&e@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
I |
||
| Infrastructure Investment | 028 9052 3441 028 9052 3205 |
infrastructureInvestment@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Inquiries and Reviews | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Intercountry Adoption | 028 9052 2977 028 9076 5610 |
adoption@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Information Technology | 028 9054 2222 |
adminteam@dis.n-i.nhs.uk |
| Internal Audit | 028 9025 2647 028 9025 2444 |
internalaudit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Investing for Health | 028 9052 0789 028 9052 0532 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
J |
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| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
K |
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| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
L |
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| Learning Disability | 028 9052 8662 028 9052 2096 028 9052 2632 |
disabilityunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Leaving and After Care | 028 9052 2569 028 9052 2142 |
leavingandaftercare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Looked after children in Education | 028 9052 2610 028 9052 2792 |
lookedafterchildren@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
M |
||
| Medical Device Adverse Incident Reporting | 028 9052 3744 028 9052 3714 |
NIAIC@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Medicines Inspection & Enforcement | 028 9052 2952 028 9052 8624 |
pharmaceuticalservices@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Melanoma Strategy | 028 9052 0531 028 9052 0772 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Mental Health | 028 9052 8662 028 9052 2096 028 9052 2632 |
mentalhealthunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Midwifery | 028 905 28213 028 905 20221 |
nursingandmidwifery@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
Minister |
028 9052 0642 | Minister's Office |
| Ministerial Group on Public Health | 028 9052 0789 028 9052 0784 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Monitoring of HR Activity in the HPSS | 028 9052 2776 028 9052 2664 |
wpu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
N |
||
| National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) | 028 9052 2207 028 9052 8657 |
Sgu-niceguidance@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Nursing | 028 905 28213 028 905 20221 |
nursingandmidwifery@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Nursing - Food & Nutrition | 028 905 28213 028 905 20221 |
nursingandmidwifery@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Nursing – Mental Health | 028 905 28213 028 905 20221 |
nursingandmidwifery@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
O |
||
| Opportunity Now | 028 9052 2776 028 9052 2664 |
wpu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
P |
||
| Pandemic Flu | 028 9052 0533 028 9052 2431 |
pandemicflu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Pay & Employment | 028 9052 2431 028 9052 2794 |
p&e@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
Permanent Secretary |
028 9052 0662 028 9052 0663 |
Permanent Secretary |
| Personnel Development | 028 9052 2637 028 9052 3386 |
Personnel.DevelopmentBranch@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Personnel Management | 028 9052 2852 028 9052 2527 |
pmb@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Pharmaceutical Services | 028 9052 2952 028 9052 8624 |
pharmaceuticalservices@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Pharmacy & Prescribing | 028 9076 5626 028 9076 5602 |
communitypharmacy@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Physical Activity | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0532 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Physical & Sensory Disability | 028 9052 2096 028 9052 8662 028 9052 2632 |
disabilityunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
Press Office |
028 9052 0636 028 9052 0571 |
Press Office |
| Primary Care Development | 028 9052 0248 028 9052 0246 028 9052 0247 |
primcaredev@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Professional Regulation | 028 9052 2776 028 9052 2664 |
wpu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Promoting Mental Health | 028 9052 0531 028 9052 0772 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (NI) Order 2003 | 028 9052 2009 028 9052 2131 |
POCVA@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Protection of Children (NI) Service | 028 9052 2559 |
POCVA@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Protection of Vulnerable Adults (NI) Service | 028 9052 2559 |
POCVA@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Public Appointments | 028 9052 3250 028 9052 3232 |
public.appointments@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Public Health | 028 9052 0534 028 9052 2133 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
Q |
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| Quality and Safety | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Quality Standards | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
R |
||
| Reference Costs | 028 9052 0228 028 9076 5661 |
financereturns@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Reform of Elective and Emergency Services | 028 9052 0691 028 9052 8562 |
|
| Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority | 028 9051 7500 | |
| Review of Public Administration | 028 9052 2601 028 9052 2962 |
hpssreorganisation@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
S |
||
| Safety Framework | 028 9052 8332 028 9052 8561 |
qualityandsafety@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Secondary Care | 028 9052 8562 028 9052 3419 |
secondarycare@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Screening | 028 9052 2059 028 90 528664 |
health.protection@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Service Delivery | 028 9052 0691 028 9052 8562 |
servicedeliverydirectorate@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Sexual Health | 028 9052 3190 028 9052 0772 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Single Assessment Tool | 028 9052 2930 028 9052 2205 |
SAT@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Skills For Health | 028 9052 2776 028 9052 2664 |
wpu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Smoking Policy | 028 9052 3190 028 9052 0773 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) | 028 9052 2207 028 9052 8657 |
Sgu-scieguidance@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Social Security Benefits | 0800 220 674 |
www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/ssa.htm |
| Social Services Inspectorate – General Enquiries | 028 9052 0517 028 9052 0706 028 9052 0521 028 9052 0544 |
ssi@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Social Services Inspectorate – Incentive Scheme (Bursaries) | 028 9052 0517 028 9052 0706 028 9052 0521 028 9052 0544 |
ssi@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Social Services Inspectorate –Training Support Programmes | 028 9052 0517 028 9052 0706 028 9052 0521 028 9052 0544 |
ssi@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Social Services Inspectorate - Workforce Issues | 028 9052 0517 028 9052 0706 028 9052 0521 028 9052 0544 |
ssi@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Social Services Training | 028 9052 0517 028 9052 0706 028 9052 0521 028 9052 0544 |
ssi@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Standards & Guidelines | 028 9052 3172 028 9052 2256 |
standards@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Statistics | 028 9052 2804 028 9052 8446 |
statistics@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Strategic Change | 028 9052 2431 028 9052 2794 |
p&e@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Strategic Framework for Children, Young People and Families | 028 9052 2450 028 9052 0705 |
cypf.strategicframework@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Strategic Planning | 028 9052 0537 028 9052 2534 |
strategicplanning@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Suicide Prevention Strategy | 028 9052 2133 028 9052 0270 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Superannuation | 028 7131 9140 028 7131 9141 |
|
| Surestart | 028 9052 0776 028 9052 2666 |
familypolicyunit@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
Topic Areas |
Contact Telephone Number |
E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
T |
||
| Teenage Pregnancy | 028 9052 0531 028 9052 0772 |
publichealth@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Trolley Waits | 028 9052 0691 028 9052 8562 |
servicedeliverydirectorate@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
U |
||
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
V |
||
| Violence against HPSS staff | 028 9052 2863 028 9052 2351 |
p&e@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
W |
||
| Waiting Lists | 028 9052 0691 028 9052 8562 |
servicedeliverydirectorate@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Welfare Foods / Healthy Start | 028 9052 0688 028 9052 2276 |
healthystart@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Workforce Planning in the HPSS | 028 9052 2776 028 9052 2664 |
wpu@dhsspsni.gov.uk |
| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
X |
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| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
|---|---|---|
Y |
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| Topic Areas | Contact Telephone Number | E-Mail Address |
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Z |
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