Direct payments - information booklet and contacts

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has booklets about direct payments. The Health and Social Care Trust (HSC) can help you with specific queries.

Information booklets

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has published an information booklet about direct payments. The guide is also available as an easy read version and as a Cantonese translation.

You can download them at the following links or you can order them by phone.

• 'A Guide to Receiving Direct Payments' (PDF 240 KB)
• An easy read guide to Direct Payments (PDF 592 KB)
• Guide to receiving Direct Payments (Cantonese translation – PDF 408 KB)
• Help with PDF files
• phone: 028 9052 2910

Specific queries

If you have an immediate enquiry about your own situation, your local HSC Trust is the best place to start. Each trust implements direct payments in its own way. They will also be able to put you in touch with local support services.

More useful links

• Disability and Carers Service (contacts section)
• How benefits and pensions are paid (money, tax and benefits section)