Overview of the Trust

The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust was established on 1^st April 2007 and is one of 5 Trusts in total within Northern Ireland.

The Trust is an integrated organisation, incorporating acute hospital services, community health and social services and serves a population of approx 440,000 people.

Trust Geography

The Trust covers the local government districts of Ards, North Down, Down and Lisburn. The main hospital bases are: Ards Community Hospital, Bangor Community Hospital, Downe Hospital, Downshire Hospital, Lagan Valley Hospital and the Ulster Hospital. 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 9,400 staff across a range of disciplines as follows:

The Trust is split into a number of Directorates as follows: