The Belfast Trust is a Health and Social Care Trust covering Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. The Trust is one of five new NHS

National Health Service

The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...

 trusts which were created on 1 April 2007 by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...

 (DHSSPS). The Belfast Trust employs 22,000 staff and assumes responsibility for services to over 340,000 patients, previously provided by Belfast City Hospital

Belfast City Hospital

The Belfast City Hospital located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a 900-bed modern university teaching hospital providing local acute services and key regional specialities. Its distinctive tower block dominates the Belfast skyline being the fourth tallest storeyed building in Ireland...

, The Royal Hospitals

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast

The Royal Victoria Hospital is a hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland....

, the Mater Hospital

Mater Infirmorum Hospital

The Mater Infirmorum Hospital, commonly known as The Mater is an acute hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland and serves a population of over 200,000 people. It provides services to most of North Belfast and South Antrim, reaching as far as Glengormley, Carrickfergus and Newtownabbey. It also...

, Greenpark Healthcare Trust

Musgrave Park Hospital

Musgrave Park Hospital is a regional specialist hospital, managed by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It specialises in orthopaedics, rheumatology, sports medicine and rehabilitation of patients of all ages. These specialties are spread out across a large site in...

, North and West Belfast and South and East Belfast HSS Trusts.