AQW 52503/22-27

Mr Danny Donnelly
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 21/09/2026
Answered On Date: 06/10/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of independent domiciliary care providers currently commissioned by Health and Social Care Trusts (HSCT) that have been subject to (i) review; and (ii) enforcement action, by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, in each of the last three years, broken down by HSCT.

Answer:

RQIA does not hold details of the commissioning arrangements of HSC Trusts in relation to Home Care agencies.

In the last three years, RQIA undertook enforcement action* against four Home Care Agencies, based in the following HSC Trust areas:

	BHSCT	NHSCT	SEHSCT	SHSCT	WHSCT	Agency based outside Northern Ireland
2023-24	0	0	1	0	0	1
2024-25	0	1	1	0	0	0
2025-26	0	0	0	0	0	0

*Enforcement action can include issuing a Failure to Comply Notice, Improvement Notice, placing conditions on the registration of a service or cancelling the registration of a service.