AQW 46075/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for his assessment of the current waiting lists for (i) private care homes; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust care homes, broken down by Trust area.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 20 May 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 20 May 2015
- Answer due by
- 5 June 2015
- Answered
- 2 June 201513 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Health and Social Care Board has advised me that the Western Trust currently has 21 placement applications for temporary/permanent status in independent nursing/residential homes. These are considered and reviewed by the Trust on a regular basis and available funding allocated to those assessed at greatest need. The Trust has no one on a waiting list for its statutory residential homes.
The Northern Trust has 4 older people who are currently accommodated in intermediate care beds awaiting their nursing home of choice, with no-one on a waiting list for its statutory residential homes.
None of the other Trusts have anyone on a waiting list for either private or Trust care homes.