Acute Hospital Portfolio - Day Surgery in Northern Ireland Regional Summary (PDF 80 KB)

October 2003 - main findings arising from the study and the key conclusions

Hospital Statistics 1 April 2004 - 31 March 2005

Volume 1: Programme of Care

Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics 1999/2000 to 2004/2005 (pdf 86 kb)

Key Facts

Guidance on Discharge from Hospital and the Continuing Care in the Community of People with a Mental Disorder who could Represent a Risk of Serious Physical Harm to Themselves or Others (PDF 985 KB)

Guidance on Discharge from Hospital and the Continuing Care in the Community of People with a Mental Disorder who could Represent a Risk of Serious Physical Harm to Themselves or Others

Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer - Report on Endocrine Cancer (September 2004) (PDF 144 KB)

There is already a good infrastructure for the management of endocrine cancer in Northern Ireland but to develop and strengthen it we recommend the following: • Increasing the already close cooperation between the individual parts of the service for endocrine cancer by use of shared protocols for assessment and follow up: • The main hub of management should remain at the RGH focussed on The Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes and the Endocrine Surgery department where there has been a long-term interest in the management of these patients. This includes a close working relationship between the endocrinologists and surgeon at the Belfast City Hospital. • This does not suggest that current developments of shared follow-up should not be encouraged. They should but with the provision of adequately resourced registers to allow adequate audit and to ensure adequate assessment of follow-up attendance. The issues regarding informed consent for such registers are currently being discussed for all forms of cancer. In the rarer conditions follow-up should remain central to allow adequate numbers and experience to maintain internationally recognisable outcomes and to allow training of future specialists to continue åÊ

Hospital Statistics 1 April 2003 - 31 March 2004

Volume 1: Programme of Care

Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics 1998/1999 to 2003/2004 (pdf 169 kb)

Key Points

Managing Your Cancer Pain in Hospital and at Home (PDF 32 KB)

The purpose of this booklet is to give you information about pain. It will help you understand how to describe pain, and how the pain may be treated.

Discharge from Hospital and the Continuing Care in the Community of Mentally Disordered People (PDF 305KB)

Represent a Risk of Serious Physical Harm to Themselves or Others

Hospital Statistics 1 April 2002 - 31 March 2003

Volume 1: Programme of Care

A New Centralised Maternity Hospital For Belfast (PDF 779KB)

A Consultation Paper

Lead Clinicians for Cancer Services - Revised 06.08.2002 (PDF 10 KB)

The Cancer Centre, the Belfast City Hospital Trust,* the Royal Victoria Hospital and each of the Cancer Units have appointed Lead Clinicians for Cancer Services. These Clinicians have a responsibility for the overall co-ordination and development of cancer services based at the Centre or Units. åÊ