Southern Health and Social Care Trust

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust provides health and social care services in Northern Ireland. It runs Craigavon Area Hospital, Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, Lurgan Hospital and South Tyrone Hospital as well as Armagh Community Hospital and St Luke's Hospital in Armagh. St Luke's provides mental health services. Daisy Hill Hospital emergency department is under threat because of difficulty in retaining staff.[3] The trust serves an estimated population of 380,312 (June 2017 estimates).[4]

Southern Health and Social Care Trust
TypeHealth and social care trust
HeadquartersLurgan Road
Portadown
Craigavon
BT63 5QQ[1]
Hospitals
Staff10,754 (2018/19)[2]
Websitewww.southerntrust.hscni.net

History

The trust was established on 1 April 2007 when the Health and Social Services Trusts in the five local Government Districts of Newry & Mourne, Banbridge, Armagh, Craigavon and Dungannon were dissolved under the Dissolution Orders 2007.[5]

The Trusts in the Southern Health and Social Services Board Area that were abolished were:

  • Craigavon Area (Lurgan/Portadown) Hospitals Trust
  • Craigavon and Banbridge Health and Social Services Trust
  • Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust
  • Newry & Mourne Health and Social Services Trust[5]

The trust was allocated funds from the Waiting List Initiative in 2015-6 which was supposed to help them meet NHS targets for surgery. They paid their surgical consultants almost £247,000 to do extra work, but it had no effect on the waiting lists.[6]

References
  1. "Contact Us". Southern Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. "ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2018-19" (PDF). Southern Health and Social Care Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "Emergency meeting called over threat to Daisy Hill's A&E unit". Belfast Telegraph. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). "Southern Health and Social Care Trust Area - Population Estimates Report - June 2017". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. "STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND 2007 No. 132 HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES The Health and Social Services Trusts (Dissolution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2019. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  6. "Northern Ireland NHS 'simply unable to cope with the demands placed on it': report". Belfast Telegraph. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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