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| Northern Ireland care homes: Admissions policy review recommended | |
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| Health Trusts across Northern Ireland are being asked to review their admissions policy for older people going into residential care homes. | |
| It follows a consultation into the future of residential care by Northern Ireland's Health and Social Care Board. | |
| Last year there was a public outcry over plans to close 18 NHS homes. | |
| But the board has now reiterated the health minister's pledge that all current homes will remain open as long as residents want to stay in them. | |
| The proposed closure of all of Northern Ireland's NHS residential care homes triggered an angry response among residents, families and staff last year. | |
| That resulted in Health Minister Edwin Poots stepping in and ordering the Health and Social Care Board to manage this highly emotive issue. | |
| The board has now finished its consultation and has made a number of recommendations. | |
| It has recommended that the health trusts review their policy on permanent admissions - that could mean each health trust keeping at least one home open or they could still insist that all homes in their area close. | |
| In April, Mr Poots said the homes would remain open as long as residents wanted to remain there. | In April, Mr Poots said the homes would remain open as long as residents wanted to remain there. |