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Health and Hospitals
Newry
and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust
The Newry and Mourne HSS Trust came
into being on 1st April 1994 and provides a wide range of hospital
community health and social services mainly to the population (circa
86,000) Of the Newry and Mourne District Council area.
We also provide services to a number
of patients and clients who live outside the area and who receive
care on an emergency basis, or at their own request because of the
quality of care offered.
Our services are provided from a range
of facilities and in different settings. Daisy Hill is a modern
general hospital, which provides a wide range of in-patient, out
patient, day case and investigative treatments and includes a 24-hour
Accident and Emergency Service. Minor casualty and a range of "outreach"
out patient services are provided in Kilkeel.
Community health and social services
are offered in a variety of settings in the community.
The Trust spent in excess of £63
million pounds on the delivery of these services during 2000/01.
The Trust employs over 1700 staff to
deliver these services. We recognise the importance of staff and
we aim to maximise their performance in the delivery of quality
services through training and staff development. The Trust is an
equal opportunity employer and fully embraces the equality agenda
as defined in the policies of the new Equality Commission.
Daisy hill fact
file
- The average inpatient spends only
2 days in hospital
- We delivered 1700 babies last year
- 33,000 patients attended our accident
and emergency department
- 10,000 people failed to turn up
for out patient appointments
- There was a 3% increase in out
patient attendances last year compared to the previous year
Mission statement
The Newry and Mourne (HSS) Trust is
committed to the provision and development of quality assured, responsive,
and accessible services delivered by skilled staff in such a manner
that those cared for are afforded the utmost respect and dignity
at all times.
Statistics
The following are the statistics of
the Health facilities in the Newry and Mourne area which became
the responsibility of the Newry & Mourne Health and Social Services
Trust from 1 April 1994 under the chairmanship of Mr Sean Hogan.
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N & M
HSS Trust
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| Expenditure 2000/2001
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£68m |
| Payroll Bill (Nursing
£9.8m) 2000/2001 |
£36.7m |
| Land/Buildings/Equipment
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£22.4m |
| Number of Employees
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2,500 |
| Ave no. of wte employees
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1,530 |
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Trust spent the equivalent of
£670 for every man, woman and child in Newry & Mourne
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Hospitals:
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Daisy Hill Hospital Newry with
beds for approximately 300
patients.
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Health Centres:
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6 (Newry, Warrenpoint, Crossmaglen,
Kilkeel, Newtownhamilton,
Rathfriland)
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Clinics
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2 (Bessbrook, Rostrevor)
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Residential Homes
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2 (Newry - Aldergrove House &
Needham House)
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Homes for the Elderly:
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3 (Bessbrook, Newry, Kilkeel)
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Day Centres for Mentally
Handicapped:
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3 (Newry)
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Day Centres for Elderly/Disabled
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3 (Bessbrook, Newry, Kilkeel)
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Daisy Hill Hospital performed very
well in the most recently published statistics by the NI Department
of Health and Social Services on performance efficiency indicators
for hospitals.
The Chief Executive of Newry & Mourne
Health and Social Services Trust is Mr Eric Bowyer (Telephone 028
3026 0505).
New
Health Village
Work has recently finished on the construction
of a £1.75m Health Village in Monaghan Street in Newry. Four purpose
built buildings were erected and provide modern treatment facilities
for over 40,000 people. Two of the buildings house single General
Practitioner (G.P.) surgeries and two house a number of GP practices.
Each building has its own treatment room and other facilities. The
buildings are set in attractive landscaped grounds and 112 on-site
car parking spaces are provided.
Newry
Hospice
Newry is also fortunate to have an
excellent hospice facility. A highly skilled medical and care team
of staff have earned a reputation for providing a caring service
of exceptional quality.
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