AQW 19513/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of care home residents; (ii) the number who make personal financial contributions to their care; and (iii) the number who pay top up fees, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 26 May 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 26 May 2021
- Answer due by
- 11 June 2021
- Answered
- 8 June 202113 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below refers. The figures quoted have been provided by each Trust as at 31 March 2021, however it should be noted that these are approximate and some may exclude:-
Private funders who pay care homes directly and do not receive any financial assistance from the Trust;
Those whose top-up is paid directly to the home.
To provide this information would require an extensive manual exercise.
| TRUST | Number of Residents | Number of clients who make a financial contribution | Number of clients with a 3rd party top-up |
| Belfast | 2545 | 2,498 | 527 |
| Northern | 3367 | 2987 | 846 |
| South Eastern | 2362 | 2137 | 476 |
| Southern | 2068 | 2059 | 164 |
| Western | 1,701 | 1662 | 444 |