“Services will be more patient centred and of the highest quality, no matter where in Northern Ireland you live.”
The Minister wished the Chief Executives, the Chairpersons and the Senior Management Teams of the new Trusts well in their endeavours to change the shape of health and social care service delivery. He said:
“A more streamlined and focused system will mean greater efficiency and significant savings which will be reinvested back into front line patient treatments and drugs.
“The new bigger Trusts will promote stronger links between hospitals and community based services. The new Trusts will develop integration within and across health and social care boundaries and across professional groupings and geographical areas.”
Paul Goggins also revealed a new logo for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland. It will be used by the new Trusts initially and introduced in a phased way over the next twelve months to the other health and social care delivery organisations. It has been developed at minimal cost by staff working within the Health and Social Care sector.
The Minister said: “This new logo represents a modern and forward thinking Health and Social Care sector. It will establish easy public recognition of all aspects of the new structures and will contribute to the development of public confidence in the service.
“I want to thank Alan Martin from the Health Promotion Agency, who created the new logo and the design team based at South and East Belfast Trust, who have been working hard to ensure it is developed for use across the system.”
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- In November 2005, the Government announced the new organisational structures for health and social services in Northern Ireland as a result of the Review of Public Administration.
- The geographical coverage of the five new Health and Social Care Trusts is as follows:
- The Western Trust covering Sperrin Lakeland, Foyle and Altnagelvin HSS Trusts;
- The Northern Trust covering Homefirst Community, Causeway and United Hospitals Trusts;
- The Southern Trust covering Craigavon Area Hospital Group, Craigavon and Banbridge Community,
Newry and Mourne and Armagh and Dungannon Trusts;
- The Belfast Trust covering Belfast City Hospital, Royal Group of Hospitals, Mater Infirmorum, Greenpark and North and West Belfast and South and East Belfast Trust;
- The South Eastern Trust covering the Ulster Community and Hospital Trusts and Down Lisburn Trust.
- Health and Social Care as a brand name will replace the existing title Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS). The NHS was never used as a brand name in Northern Ireland.
- Alan Martin, who works as a graphic designer for the Health Promotion Agency designed the logo. It is a clean and modern image with parallel circles representing the two main parts of the service – health and social care.
- The logo is being developed within the health and social care system by a design team based at South and East Belfast Trust.
- The new logo can be viewed on the following website:
www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/hss/rpa-home/rpa-hsc-logo.htm
Downloadable versions are available from Áine Gaughran, DHSSPS Information Office – 028 90 520074, aine.gaughran@dhsspsni.gov.uk
Media enquiries to Áine Gaughran 028 9052 0074.
