A typical day in the South Eastern HSC Trust
About the South Eastern Health And Social Care Trust
The Trust is an integrated organisation, incorporating acute hospital services, community health
and social services and serves a population of approximately 354,651 people with a budget of over
£600 million. The Trust covers an area of 425 square miles and incorporates the local government
districts of Ards & North Down, Lisburn & Castlereagh and Newry, Mourne & Down.
The main hospital bases are: Ards Community Hospital, Bangor Community Hospital, Downe
Hospital, Downshire Hospital, Lagan Valley Hospital, Thompson House Hospital and the Ulster
Hospital. Acute Services at the Ulster Hospital serve a wider population, including East Belfast, of
approximately 440,000. Community bases are located in many local towns and villages from Moira
in the West to Portaferry in the East and from Bangor in the North to Newcastle in the South.
In addition to its geographical spread, there is also a noticeable diversity in its population
characteristics, embracing areas of relative wealth and prosperity as well as pockets of considerable
deprivation and need.
The Trust employs in the region of 12,500 staff across a range of disciplines as follows:
• Administration and Clerical • Ancillary and General
• Maintenance • Professional and Technical
• Nurses and Midwives • Medical and Dental.
• Social Work
Information from
Corporate Plan
2017 - 2021
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