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All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) is a leading organisation with national and international influence driving excellence in palliative care. AIIHPC is a collaborative of hospices, health and social care organisations, charities and universities on the island of Ireland. AIIHPC advances education, research, policy and practice to improve the palliative care experience of people with life limiting conditions and their families.

Belfast Trust is the largest integrated health and social care Trust in the United Kingdom deliver ing integrated health and social care to approximately 340,000 citizens in Belfast. Belfast Trust provide the majority of regional specialist services to all of Northern Ireland. Belfast Trust also comprises the major teaching and training hospitals in Northern Ireland.

In 2006 the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (since 2016 DoH) established the HSC Bereavement Network, appointing a Trust Bereavement Coordinator (TBC) to each Health and Social Care Trust. The initial remit of the HSCBN was to develop bereavement care standards and in 2009 the HSC Services Strategy for Bereavement Care was launched. Standard implementation will continue to build the capacity of HSC staff to provide safe, effective and compassionate care to dying and bereaved people.

The BMA represents, supports and negotiates on behalf of all UK doctors and medical students. We are member-run and led, fighting for the best terms and conditions as well as lobbying and campaigning on the issues impacting the medical profession.

The Department of Health (DoH) is one of nine Northern Ireland Departments.

Foyle Hospice provides ongoing palliative care services for patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses, while supporting their families and loved ones in the North West of Northern Ireland. Our commitment is to improve the quality of life of patients while extending care and support to their families and loved ones.

The Strategic Planning and Performance Group plans and oversees the delivery of health and social care services for the population of Northern Ireland.

The Group is part of the Department of Health and is accountable to the Minister for Health. It is responsible for planning, improving and overseeing the delivery of effective, high quality, safe health and social care services within available resources.

ihcp is the recognised body responsible for representing those providing services for older people and vulnerable adults in Northern Ireland. We represent private, not-for-profit, charity and church-affiliated organisations providing residential and nursing home care, sheltered housing, day care and care in the home. The independent sector provides services to over 50,000 people across Northern Ireland every day and employs over 34,000 people.

Marie Curie is the largest charitable provider of end of life care in Northern Ireland. We provide home-based nursing across all of Northern Ireland. We also provide palliative care services and bereavement counselling, including in our Belfast hospice, for people living within the Belfast and South Eastern Trust. As well as policy and campaigning, we’re the largest charitable funder of research to improve end of life care.

The Northern Trust is one of five health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland.  We provide a range of Health and Social Care services to a population of approximately 479,000 people across a geographical area of 1,733 square miles, making it the largest geographical trust in Northern Ireland.  The Trust also provides services to Rathlin, the only inhabited island off the coast of Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service will provide safe, effective, high-quality, patient-focussed care and services to improve health and well-being by preserving life, preventing deterioration and promoting recovery.

A local charity offering specialist respite, symptom management and end of life palliative care to 4,000 infants, children and adults each year across Northern Ireland.

The PCC’s role with respect to health and social care services is to represent the interests of the public;

• promote the involvement of the public;
• assist people making or intending to make a complaint through advocacy;
• promote the advice and information by HSC bodies to the public about the design, commissioning and delivery of services;
• undertake research into the best methods and practices for consulting and engaging the public.

The PHA was established in 2009 under a major reform of health structures in Northern Ireland.

We are a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional body with a strong regional and local presence. We have four key functions:

• health and social wellbeing improvement;
• health protection;
• public health support to commissioning and policy development;
• HSC research and development

We are the professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and overseas. We are committed to improving patient care, clinical standards and GP training.

We are the world’s largest nursing union and professional body Over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students working together to advance our profession.

The Southern Area Hospice Services is a charity dedicated to the equitable delivery of specialist palliative care to patients who have Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease and AIDS and to their relatives and carers.  The Hospice Service is available to those people residing in the Southern Health Trust Area.

The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust is an integrated organisation, incorporating acute hospital services, community health and social services and serves a population of approx 345,000. The Trust covers the local government districts of Ards, North Down, Down and Lisburn.

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust provides health and social care services across the five council areas of Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon, Dungannon, and Newry and Mourne.

The Western Health and Social Care Trust is a health organisation in Northern Ireland. Hospitals served by the Trust include Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital, Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex and the South West Acute Hospital.