AQW 29847/22-27
Mrs Diane Dodds
Democratic Unionist Party
Upper Bann
Tabled Date: 03/07/2025
Answered On Date: 29/07/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) all associates registered with the HSC Leadership Centre; and (ii) how much his Department and each of its arms-length bodies have paid to the HSC Leadership Centre, in each of the last six years.
Answer:
There are currently a total of 326 active associate consultants engaged with the HSC Leadership Centre who each provide valuable skills across a number of key areas. Their areas of expertise are set out in the table below. HSC Leadership Centre | Category of Work | Number of Skilled Associates | Actor | 3 | Audit | 66 | Business Cases | 110 | Chairing Boards | 182 | Change Management | 196 | Clinical Governance | 106 | Coach (qualified) | 96 | Digital Services | 25 | Estates/Engineering | 8 | Facilitation | 194 | Finance | 23 | Health Data Analysis | 39 | HR | 30 | Information Governance | 58 | Investigations/Grievances | 176 | Job Evaluation | 51 | Mentoring | 180 | Organisational Development | 147 | Outcome Based Accountability | 48 | Policy Development | 142 | PR Communications/Media | 16 | Procurement and Contracts | 31 | Project Management | 153 | Quality Improvement | 126 | Recruitment & Selection | 215 | Report Writing | 167 | Reviews | 179 | Risk & Governance | 139 | Root Cause Analysis | 92 | SAIs | 131 | Strategic Development | 157 | Strategic Planning | 167 | Whistleblowing | 65 | Workforce Planning | 71 |
The total expenditure by this Department and each of its Arm’s Length Bodies to the HSC Leadership Centre in each of the last six years is set out in the table below. Expenditure to HSC Leadership Centre | £’000 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | DoH | 150 | 612 | 781 | 1,702 | 1,644 | 2,049 | BHSCT | 628 | 695 | 619 | 966 | 999 | 1,247 | SEHSCT | 404 | 423 | 397 | 466 | 460 | 521 | NHSCT | 182 | 260 | 212 | 263 | 266 | 275 | WHSCT | 49 | 236 | 97 | 239 | 207 | 249 | SHSCT | 269 | 189 | 240 | 311 | 346 | 370 | NIAS | 107 | 350 | 248 | 167 | 303 | 858 | *HSCB | 853 | 803 | 882 | | | | PHA | 262 | 269 | 205 | 283 | 347 | 460 | PCC | 15 | 49 | 26 | 81 | 79 | 93 | NISCC | 14 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 21 | CCGNI | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 17 | NIMDTA | 6 | 69 | 50 | 56 | 46 | 95 | NIPEC | 13 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | NIBTS | 25 | 62 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 30 | RQIA | 13 | 80 | 174 | 175 | 43 | 134 | NIFRS | 59 | 95 | 111 | 76 | 84 | 85 | Total | 3,054 | 4,232 | 4,123 | 4,862 | 4,897 | 6,526 |
*From April 2022 the Health and Social Care Board was closed and brought into the Department of Health as the Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG).
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