AQW 21810/22-27


Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 03/02/2025
Answered On Date: 18/02/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) Public Protection flags; and (ii) Public Protection / Sharing to Safeguard flags that have been issued since the encompass system launched, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
This table below the volume of Public Protection and Safeguarding/Public Protection FYI flags currently assigned to patients broken down by each patient's Trust of Residence on encompass. Public Protection teams in South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) and Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) are currently live on the encompass system.
Trust
Public Protection
Safeguarding/ Public Protection
Total
BHSCT
697
969
1666
NHSCT
483
806
1289
SEHSCT
389
648
1037
SHSCT
73
74
147
WHSCT
54
32
86
Total
1696
2529
4225
Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) & Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) Public Protection Teams will go live on 8th May 2025.