AQW 48472/11-16


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 07/09/2015
Answered On Date: 17/12/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to outline the number of people who have received Domiciliary Care Packages each year since 2011, in the (a) Northern Health and Social Care Trust; and (b) Western Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
Information on the number of clients receiving domiciliary care services during a survey week each year since 2011 in the Northern and Western Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts is detailed in the table below.
HSC Trust
Clients Receiving Domiciliary Care Services
during a survey week in
2011
2012
2013
2014
Northern
4,231
4,623
4,778
4,760
Western
4,449
4,215
4,705
4,052
Source: CC7b Community Information Return
This information is published annually in ‘Domiciliary Care Services for Adults in Northern Ireland’, which can be found online at the following web address:
http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/statistics/socialcare/domiciliary-care.htm