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The Northern Health and Social Care Trust became operational on 1 April 2007.
The Trust is responsible for the delivery of safe and effective health and social care services to a population of approximately 470,000, the largest resident population in Northern Ireland. The Trust also provides services to Rathlin Island, the only inhabited island off the coast of Northern Ireland.