AQW 27883/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health how many child contact visits have been cancelled due to staffing availability in the (i) Bangor Child Contact Centre; and (ii) Ards Child Contact centre in the last three years.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 29 May 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 29 May 2025
- Answer due by
- 13 June 2025
- Answered
- 23 September 2025117 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The South Eastern Trust, which has a Service Level Agreement in place with both Contact Centres, has advised that no contact visits have been cancelled due to staffing availability at either location.
The Centres are contracted for 48 sessions per annum, which have been delivered in each of the last 3 years with the exception of 2022/23 when a single session was cancelled due to the Bangor facility not being available.