AQW 41430/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how Health and Social Care Trusts maintain updated registers of children who have a disability.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 28 January 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 28 January 2015
- Answer due by
- 12 February 2015
- Answered
- 12 February 201515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts do not maintain registers of children who have a disability. However, they have a range of information systems which record children with a disability who are known to particular services. Their key information system is the Child Health Information System which has the capacity to record a number of relevant areas of information in respect of children with a disability.
In addition, the Children’s Services Improvement Board (CSIB) has established a work stream to review the current information systems used within HSC Trusts with a view to ensuring regional consistency and the validation of information. CSIB membership includes all HSC Trusts, the Health and Social Care Board and DHSSPS.