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{{Short description|State health organisation in Northern Ireland}}
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| start_date       = 1 April 2007
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| headquarters     = Upper Newtownards Road <br /> [[Dundonald, County Down|Dundonald]] <br /> [[Belfast]] <br /> BT16 1RH<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=http://www.setrust.hscni.net/contact.htm |website=South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust |accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref>
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| population       = 346,911
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* [[Ards Community Hospital]]
* [[Bangor Community Hospital]]
* [[Downe Hospital]]
* [[Lagan Valley Hospital]]
* [[Ulster Hospital]]
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The '''South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust''' (SEHSCT) is a health organisation in [[Northern Ireland]]. Hospitals served by the Trust include [[Downe Hospital]], [[Lagan Valley Hospital]] and [[Ulster Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setrust.hscni.net/hospitals.htm|title=Our hospitals|publisher=South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust|accessdate=3 April 2019}}</ref>  It has 14,000 employees and 800 patient beds. It has created a comprehensive electronic record system and uses a fleet of mobile medical carts supplied by Ergotron which are said to have improved the quality of nurses’ daily ward rounds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Belfast trust transforms patient administration system |url=https://www.buildingbetterhealthcare.com/news/article_page/Belfasts_trust_transforms_patient_administration_system/203350 |access-date=27 October 2022 |publisher=Building Better Healthcare |date=6 September 2022}}</ref>
==History==
The trust was established as the '''South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust''' on 1 August 2006, and became operational on 1 April 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/293/introduction/made|title=The South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006|publisher=Legislation.co.uk|access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> In July 2021, the trust announced the appointment of Roisin Coulter as its next chief executive.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/south-eastern-health-social-care-20685370|title=South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust set to announce new chief executive|date=28 May 2021|newspaper=Belfast Live| access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref>
==Performance==
In April 2022 there were 4,513 children who had been waiting a year or more for a first consultant led outpatient appointment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Northern Ireland waiting lists 'alarming' as 4,000 children waiting more than a year for appointment |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-waiting-lists-alarming-25462602 |access-date=9 November 2022 |publisher=Belfast Live |date=8 November 2022}}</ref>
==Population==
The area covered by South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has a population of 346,911 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.<ref>{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf|website=NI Statistics and Research Agency|accessdate=3 April 2019}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
{{South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust}}
{{Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland}}
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