Health and Social Care Board

The Health and Social Care Board is asking members of the public who live within the Western Health and Social Care Trust area to get involved in helping to improve how complaints are handled in health and social care.

At the May Board meeting, Health and Social Care Board Members approved a regional model for day opportunities for adults with a learning disability.

The main telephone numbers for the Health and Social Care Board and the Public Health Agency in Linenhall Street, and the Business Services Organisation in Franklin Street, Belfast have changed.

The public consultation on a draft plan for volunteering in health and social care will close at 5pm on Friday 18 April 2014.

The Health and Social Care Board and Public Health Agency have developed a draft plan for volunteering in health and social care.

The Health and Social Care Board together with the Belfast Trust, local GPs, pharmacists and dentists have been working to ensure that local people have access to urgent care services over the Christmas and the New Year holiday period.

The Health and Social Care Board is extending the consultation process on a regional day opportunities model for adults with a learning disability for Northern Ireland until Friday 10 January 2014.

A consultation process on the proposed criteria to be used for assessing statutory residential care homes for older people in the future and an Equality Impact Assessment, have been launched today by the Health and Social Care Board.

The Health and Social Care Board is encouraging everyone with an interest in the day opportunities model available to adults with a learning disability to make sure they respond with their views.

Choose Well is Health and Social Care campaign which aims to create a better understanding of what healthcare services are available, and educate and inform people on how to use and access services appropriately.