Health Minister praises HSC staff commitment as encompass data shows scale of daily patient care.

19 February 2026

The Health Minister has provided an update on the encompass programme in the past nine months, when all five geographic Trusts went live.

Since May 2025, encompass has transformed how Health and Social Care (HSC) services have been delivered in Northern Ireland. encompass is a clinically and operationally-led integrated care record system and allows for a single digital care record for every citizen in Northern Ireland.

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Well done to all our colleagues across encompass and the Business Services Organisation (BSO)