AQW 41430/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 28/01/2015
Answered On Date: 12/02/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.