Northern Ireland has 4 Health and Social Services Boards (HSSBs), which report to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) of the Northern Ireland Executive. HSSBs were introduced in 1973 and are constituted from groups of district council areas. The HSSBs are named Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western.

In 2002 the HSSBs were subdivided into a total of 15 Local Health and Social Care Groups (LHSCGs), responsible for the planning and delivery of primary and community care in Northern Ireland. Each LHSCG covers one or more district council areas, with the exceptions of Belfast and Strabane district council areas which each split between two LHSCGs.

HSSB and LHSCG names and codes files