New Organisations
The establishment of the new organisations is progressing well. The
following gives a brief overview of how they are shaping up.
The Chairs and Chief Executives are as follows:-
Health and Social Care Board
Chair – Dr Ian Clements
Chief Executive – Mr John Compton
Public Health Agency
Chair – Ms Mary McMahon
Chief Executive – Dr Eddie Rooney
Business Services Organisation
Chair – Mr Alex Coleman
Chief Executive – Mr David Bingham
Patient and Client Council
Chair – Mr John Keanie
Chief Executive - Ms Maeve Hully
The locations are as follows:-
- The Health and Social Care Board headquarters will be in the current Eastern Board building in Linenhall Street, Belfast.
- The Public Health Agency headquarters will be based in Stoney Road, Dundonald until March 2010, with other Belfast based agency staff, such as the Health Promotion Agency, remaining in their current locations. Work will start immediately on a longer term solution for the Agency headquarters in Belfast - which is intended to be in an area that will reflect its role in addressing health inequalities.
- Both the HSC Board and the Public Health Agency headquarters will be supported by four co-located Commissioning Support Units in the existing locations of Londonderry, Armagh, Ballymena and Belfast.
- The Business Services Organisation (BSO) headquarters will be located on an interim basis at the Central Services Agency (CSA) headquarters in Franklin Street, Belfast. It is anticipated that those staff who will be part of the BSO, who are not currently based in the CSA, will remain in their current locations, including those based in Londonderry.
- The BSO will undertake a further comprehensive option appraisal to determine the location and accommodation for the shared services centres. The exercise will also determine the permanent headquarters of the BSO, which will be sited outside Belfast.
- The Patient and Client Council headquarters will be in Antrim. Four of the five local offices will be in the existing locations of Broughshane, Belfast, Lurgan and Omagh. New premises will be required for the Omagh office, because staff are currently housed on Trust property. The new local office for the south eastern area will be in Newtownards.
These arrangements will mean that at least 80% of staff will remain
in their current location.
