January 2010

The Belfast Trust is today launching a new Meet & Greet Volunteer Service in the Royal Victoria Hospital. The meet and greet volunteers will provide a warm welcome to all members of the public when they attend the hospital for treatment or to visit relatives.

A consultation has begun on the provision of supported housing in the greater Shankill area which will allow older people in the area to make choices about the way they live. It means the closure of Shankill House and a move to a new supported housing facility.

The child and adolescent mental health services has issued a public invitation to Open Days in Beechcroft, the new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit, which will replace the services currently provided at Donard, Knockbracken.