AQW 36584/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the hospitals (i) with a Changing Places toilet facility, including where the facility is located within the hospital; and (ii) which do not currently have a Changing Places toilet facility.

Asked by Sian Mulholland MLA on 1 December 2025

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Tabled
1 December 2025
Answer due by
16 December 2025
Answered
16 December 202515 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

Below are the details of the number and location of Changing Places facilities provided by each Health and Social Care Trust.

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

The NHSCT has two Changing Places facilities with one located at Antrim Hospital and one within the Ballymena Health & Care Centre.

South Eastern Health and Care Trust

The SEHSCT has one Changing Places facility within the Lisburn Primary and Community Care Centre located on the Lagan Valley Hospital Site.

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

The SHSCT has two fully compliant Changing Places facilities with one located at the Banbridge CTCC site and one located at the Blossom Paediatrics building at Craigavon Area Hospital.

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

The BHSCT does not yet have a Changing Place facility in any of its acute hospital sites.

Western Health and Social Care Trust

No response received.

Those facilities not listed do not currently have a register Changing Places facility.

Official sources