What changes are taking place?

What changes are taking place in Health and Social Care?

The key elements of the changes are:-

The full list of reforms is as follows:- The establishment of

a single Health and Social Care Board to replace the existing four Health and Social Services Boards. It will focus on commissioning, resource management and performance management and improvement;
a Public Health Agency that will incorporate and build on the work of the Health Promotion Agency but will have much wider responsibility for health protection, health improvement and development to address existing health inequalities and public health issues for all the people of Northern Ireland;
a Business Services Organisation to provide a range of support functions for the whole of health and social care system. The Central Services Agency will be dissolved and the majority of its services will be undertaken by the new organisation;
a single Patient and Client Council to replace the current Health and Social Services Councils with five local offices operating in the same geographical areas as the existing Trusts, to provide a strong voice for patients, clients and carers;
a much smaller and more focused Department;
the NI Regional Medical Physics Agency will be merged with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust; and
the functions of the Mental Health Commission will transfer to the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.
The NI Practice and Educational Council, NI Medical and Dental Training Agency, NI Guardian Ad Litem Agency, NI Social Care Council and Health Estates Agency will remain unchanged.
The Minister is currently giving further consideration to the position of the NI Blood Transfusion Service.

Trust structure will remain unchanged:-

The five Health and Social Care Trusts are structured as follows:-

New Trusts Configuration

Map (MS PowerPoint Presenation 89 KB)