AQW 241/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health (i) how many people were supported by day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust during the first quarter of 2022; and (ii) how this compares to the first quarter in (a) 2021; (b) 2020; and (c) 2019.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 19 May 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 May 2022
- Answer due by
- 7 June 2022
- Answered
- 1 June 202213 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department does not hold this information centrally and it was requested from the Health and Social Care Trusts. Please find information detailed below.
Please note that the figures provided from the HSC Trusts are compiled from varying categories of care, and some categories of care are only available for some of the years requested. Belfast HSC Trust and Western HSC Trust provided information for mental health, learning disability, older people’s services and physical and sensory disability categories of care, and Western HSC Trust’s older people’s services information was estimated for 2021 and 2022. Northern HSC Trust provided information for learning disability, and community care (2021 and 2022 only) categories. South Eastern HSC Trust provided adult services information without older people’s services data as this could not be provided, but no further detail on the included categories of care has been provided. Southern HSC Trust did not provide information on the categories of care included in their information.
i) Number of people who were supported by day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust during the first quarter of 2022
Table 1. Number of attendances at / people who attended day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust from January to March 2022
| January – March 2022 | Number of attendances at day centres1 |
| Belfast | 20,686 |
| Western | 25,843 |
| Number of people who attended day centres | |
| Northern | 9,558 |
| South Eastern2 | 413 |
| Southern | 558 |
Source: Health and Social Care Trusts
1 Belfast and Western HSC Trusts provided the number of attendances at day centres.
2 Older People’s day centre information could not be included in the South Eastern Trust figures as this would require a manual count.
ii.a.) Number of people who were supported by day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust during the first quarter of 2021
Table 2. Number of attendances at / people who attended day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust from January to March 2021
| January – March 2021 | Number of attendances at day centres1 |
| Belfast | 13,789 |
| Western | 20,048 |
| Number of people who attended day centres | |
| Northern | 7,047 |
| South Eastern2 | 276 |
| Southern | 470 |
Source: Health and Social Care Trusts
1 Belfast and Western HSC Trusts provided the number of attendances at day centres.
2 Older People’s day centre information could not be included in the South Eastern Trust figures as this would require a manual count.
ii.b.) Number of people who were supported by day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust during the first quarter of 2020
Table 3. Number of attendances at / people who attended day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust from January to March 2020
| January – March 2020 | Number of attendances at day centres1 |
| Belfast | 41,747 |
| Western | 32,760 |
| Number of people who attended day centres | |
| Northern3 | 809 |
| South Eastern2 | 525 |
| Southern | 866 |
Source: Health and Social Care Trusts
1 Belfast and Western HSC Trusts provided the number of attendances at day centres.
2 Older People’s day centre information could not be included in the South Eastern Trust figures as this would require a manual count.
3 Northern HSC Trust Community Care Division figures for day centre services are not available for 2019 and 2020 as this information was not collected in this format prior to HSC Rebuild / Reset plans. Northern HSC Trust day centre figures for these two years were provided for learning disability day centre services only.
ii.c.) Number of people who were supported by day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust during the first quarter of 2019
Table 4. Number of attendances at / people who attended day centres in each Health and Social Care Trust from January to March 2019
| January – March 2019 | Number of attendances at day centres1 |
| Belfast | 57,282 |
| Western | 40,595 |
| Number of people who attended day centres | |
| Northern3 | 811 |
| South Eastern2 | 537 |
| Southern | 915 |
Source: Health and Social Care Trusts
1Belfast and Western HSC Trusts provided the number of attendances at day centres.
2 Older People’s day centre information could not be included in the South Eastern Trust figures as this would require a manual count.
3 Northern HSC Trust Community Care Division figures for day centre services are not available for 2019 and 2020 as this information was not collected in this format prior to HSC Rebuild / Reset plans. Northern HSC Trust day centre figures for these two years were provided for learning disability day centre services only.