Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland)

Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) is the healthcare system in Northern Ireland, It was set up in 1948 at the same time as the  National Health Service in Great Britain, It is different because it  covers social care as well as health care.  There are no prescription charges as there are in England.  

There are five health and social care trusts.  They run the hospitals, dentistry,  pharmacies and social care.   They started on 1 April 2007.

The six trusts are:

 Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
 Northern Health and Social Care Trust
 Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
 South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
 Southern Health and Social Care Trust
 Western Health and Social Care Trust

There are about 350 GP practices in Northern Ireland.

The service in Northern Ireland is much worse than in the rest of the UK because of the political problems in the Northern Ireland Assembly. 

 References 

Category:National Health Service
Category:Organisations based in Northern Ireland