AQO 196/10

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 01/10/2009
Answered On Date: 12/10/2009
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety what action he has taken to provide individual care plans and social activities for older people with mental health and learning disabilities, particularly those over 65 years, as promised by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust following the closure of the mental health day centre provision in East Belfast.

Answer:

It is a statutory requirement that service providers assess the health and care needs of individuals, and provide appropriate services.

The clients who formerly attended the mental health day centre in East Belfast have a range of healthcare needs including mentaI health conditions, learning disability, physical disability and sensory impairment. My Department has written to Belfast Trust asking the Trust to review the individual needs of those clients who have been temporarily placed in Everton Day centre.