Direct Payments Policy and Practice Review Report (PDF 243 KB)

Direct Payments are cash payments made in lieu of social service provisions, to individuals who have been assessed as needing services. Direct Payments increase choice and promote independence. They provide for a more flexible response than may otherwise be possible for the service user and carer. They allow individuals to decide when and in what form services are provided and who provides them, who comes into their home and who becomes involved in very personal aspects of their lives. Direct Payments put real power into the hands of service users and carers, and allow them to take control over their lives. Access to Direct Payments as a means of delivering social services in Northern Ireland has been available since 1996 under the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Since then take up of Direct Payments has been limited in number with the majority being accessed in the physical disability programme. åÊ

Drugs Alcohol Report NI review (PDF 239 KB)

Review of the Northern Ireland Alcohol and Drug Strategies. March 2005.

Review of Workforce Planning for Professions Complementary to Dentistry (PDF 630 KB)

Review of Workforce Planning for Professions Complementary to Dentistry

Review of Children First - Final Report

Review of Children First - Final Report

Review of the Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Workforce (PDF 290 KB)

Final Report - September 2005

Independent Review of Health and Social Services Care in Northern Ireland

Appleby Report - August 2005

The Report of an Independent Review of Endoscope Contamination in Northern Ireland

The Report of an Independent Review of Endoscope Contamination in Northern Ireland

The review of HSS in the case of David and Samual Briggs (The Lewis Report) - Report of the Implementation Team June 2004 (PDF 262 KB)

The review of HSS in the case of David and Samual Briggs (The Lewis Report) - Report of the Implementation Team June 2004

Quinquennial Review of Health Estates Stage II Final Report - May 2004

Stage II Final Report - May 2004