Policy responses and statements

Name of organisation:

Health and Social Care Board (Northern Ireland)

Name of policy document:

Transforming Your Care: Vision to Action

Deadline for response:

15 January 2013

Background: Views were requested on the consultation document Transforming Your Care: Vision to Action which summarises key proposals for change. It is based on draft plans: local area Population Plans and an overarching Strategic Implementation Plan.

The consultation was on the Minister’s proposals for changes in the delivery of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland following consideration of the proposals set out in the Transforming Your Care (TYC) report published in December 2011.

TYC highlighted that there is a growing and ageing population. Northern Ireland is likely to face rising demand for services, and this presents challenges for the future. TYC is about making changes to ensure there are safe, high quality and sustainable services for patients, service users and staff. In making these changes, there are choices to be made about how services are organised to provide the best possible care to everyone in Northern Ireland.

This response has been submitted on behalf of
the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK

• Transforming Your Care: Vision to Action

Copies of this response are available from:

Lesley Lockhart,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 1JQ.

Tel: 0131 225 7324 ext 608
Fax: 0131 220 3939

[15 January 2013]