AQW 49354/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the independent advocacy services that have been commissioned by his Department and the Health and Social Care Board, in each of the Health and Social Care Trusts, since 2012.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 October 2015
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 1 October 2015
- Answer due by
- 16 October 2015
- Answered
- 23 February 2016145 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Health and Social Care Board directly commissions regionally-delivered specialist advocacy services from:
the British Deaf Association;
Voice of Young People in Care, and
the Eating Disorders Association Northern Ireland.
The Health and Social Care Trusts commission advocacy services in line with local needs and priorities, for mental health, learning disability, physical disability, older people and children’s services, and carers.