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Statistics on Community Care for Adults in Northern Ireland 2016 - 2017
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, care packages in effect, meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, 28,653 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical and Sensory Disability POC’s were in contact with HSC Trusts. As at 30 June 2017, there were 5,238 residential places available, a 1 per cent increase from the previous year. Of these 59 per cent were in independent residential homes, while 21 per cent were in statutory residential homes and 20 per cent in dual registered nursing homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding the needs of disabled children with complex needs or life-limiting conditions. What can we learn from national data?
- Author:
- PINNEY Anne
- Publishers:
- Council for Disabled Children, The True Colours Trust
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 84
- Place of publication:
- London
Shares the findings of an analysis of national data for children and young people aged 0-19 years with complex needs or life-limiting conditions in England, carried out between August and October 2016. The report explores the data available; examines what data reported by health, education and social services says about the population; and identifies current gaps in data collection. It provides key findings from an analysis of: education data on children and young people with special educational needs (SEN); social care data on disabled children who are looked after and on children in need with a disability; and mental health data on children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum disorders in inpatient care and referred. The analysis estimates that the numbers of disabled children with complex needs and life-limiting conditions have increased from 49,300 in 2004 to 73,000 in 2016. The report concludes that there needs to be a clearer picture of the number of disabled children and young people with complex needs and life-limiting illnesses and how this is changing over time so that local areas can estimate demand for future services. It makes 12 recommendations under the themes of: filling the data gaps, making better use of data already collected, the creation of an integrated data set on disabled children and young people; and raising awareness of trends and generating local data. (Edited publisher abstract)