Supporting HSC managers in Northern Ireland

Under Northern Ireland’s NHS structure, the six trusts manage social care as well as delivering primary care and acute hospitals – commissioning social care day centres, domestic support and residential places from local charities and private sector providers. MiP serves all the eligible staff of these organisations who are employed on health contracts, including members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS); those employed on social care contracts are represented by our partner union UNISON.

Outside the NHS and NICS, MiP also serves the Northern Ireland-based staff of health charities and private health providers.

Our Northern Ireland-based members are provided with individual and collective representation by a dedicated, full-time national officer with deep expertise in Northern Ireland’s legal system, organisational structures, working cultures and policy frameworks.

Within MiP’s management structures, Northern Ireland’s members are represented by a designated member of the National Committee. These elected volunteers ensure that Northern Ireland members’ views are recognised in regional and national union policies; oversee the improvement of MiP’s services within the country; and help direct the national union’s development.