Publications

A new three-year strategic plan for health and social care has been published. The plan involves a wide range of initiatives based on three central themes - Stabilisation, Reform and Delivery.

This report presents the latest official estimates of life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy for Northern Ireland.

Joint Statement from DoH & GMC

Presents information on waiting times at the end of each quarter for a first consultant-led outpatient appointment and a first integrated clinical assessment and treatment services (ICATS) appointment.

This statistical release presents information on waiting times for admission for inpatient or day case treatment in Northern Ireland.

Presents information on waiting times at the end of each quarter for a diagnostic service and diagnostic reporting turnaround times.

Minister Nesbitt speaking note

The Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP) is a panel that has been set up to facilitate conversations with the public about data use in research, innovation, service delivery & decision-making. NIPDP is a joint...

Presents quarterly information collected from health and social care (HSC) trusts on the number of and the amount paid by direct payments, broken down by HSC trust and client group. The direct payments information return...

The Department of Health has produced an updated assessment of its 2024/25 budgetary position, including details of HSC Trust savings measures.

A quarterly summary of HSC staff by organisation and staff group including summary of 5 year trends.

A quarterly publication of HSC vacancies actively being recruited to by staff group and HSC organisation, and also including trend information.

Adoption Regional policy and Procedures

The Department of Health is seeking to appoint 3 Non-Executive Member (1 x Registrant, 1 x Stakeholder, 1x Lay) to the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC). This is an exceptional opportunity to share your...

The published tables (updated quarterly) include the number of children referred for an assessment for autism, and the number of children positively diagnosed with autism each quarter.

DoH Core Grant Funding Scheme 2025-26 Application Process

This report presents information on people accessing smoking cessation services in Northern Ireland.

Clarification circular on the treatment of individuals availing of private healthcare and the interface with secondary care services.

This quarterly report presents the total number of children and adolescents referred to mental health services who are waiting for their initial assessment by the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), broken down by...

This publication presents information on the number of children on the child protection register at the end of each quarter by age, gender, category of abuse, legal status and duration on the register. The number...