AQW 53442/11-16 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 number of people waiting to receive domiciliary care packages in the (i) Northern Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) Western Health and Social Care Trust.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 26 January 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 26 January 2016
- Answer due by
- 10 February 2016
- Answered
- 11 February 201616 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Information on the number of domiciliary care packages delivered, by time waiting from completion of assessment to commencement of package and Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust is collected by my Department and can be found in Table 1.
Table 1. Domiciliary care packages delivered by time waiting from completion of assessment to commencement of package during quarter ending December 2015.
| HSC Trust | Time from end of assessment to delivery of care | Total | |||||
| Under 1 Week | 1 - 3 Weeks | 3 - 5 Weeks | 5 - 8 Weeks | 8 - 12 Weeks | 12 Weeks or more | ||
| Northern | 116 | 233 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 418 |
| Western | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
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