The Department has three main business responsibilities: Health and Social Care (HSC) , which includes policy and legislation for hospitals, family practitioner services and community health and personal social services; Public Health , which covers policy, legislation and administrative action to promote and protect the health and well-being of the population; and Public Safety, which covers policy and legislation for fire and rescue services.
The Health and Social Care Board, established by Minister Michael McGimpsey MLA on 1 April 2009, faces a diverse and challenging role as it seeks to develop health and social care services across Northern Ireland. The role of the Health and Social Care Board is broadly contained in three functions:
1. To arrange or ‘commission' a comprehensive range of modern and effective health and social services for the 1.7 million people who live in Northern Ireland;
2. To work with the health and social care trusts that directly provide services to people to ensure that these meet their needs;
3. To deploy and manage its annual funding from the Northern Ireland Executive – currently £4 billion – to ensure that all services are safe and sustainable.
Health and Social Care Trusts (HSC)
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust is one of 6 Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts which provide health and social services.
The other 5 Trusts in Northern Ireland are:
Belfast Trust
Northern Trust
South Eastern Trust
Southern Trust
Western Trust
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