About the Trust

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust provides a broad range of health and social care services for people across the local council areas of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Cookstown, Larne, Magherafelt, Moyle and Newtownabbey.

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust became operational on 1 April 2007.

It is geographically the largest trust in Northern Ireland and operates from approximately 150 locations, serving a population of 442,979 people. We also provide services to the only inhabited island in Northern Ireland, Rathlin.

The Trust employs approximately 14,000 staff. We have an annual budget of 550 million.

We provide a range of services from nine hospitals and a large number of community based settings including people's own homes.