AQW 30264/22-27


Miss Nuala McAllister
Alliance Party
North Belfast


Tabled Date: 03/09/2025
Answered On Date: 18/09/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the budget allocations to individual Family Practitioner Services, including General Dental Services (i) for 2025-26; and (ii) each of the previous five years.


Answer:
The table below outlines the expenditure in each of the 4 contractor areas for Family Practitioner Services, over the last 5 years.
Expenditure £m
Business Area
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
2025/26 est.
General Pharmaceutical Services
548.6
535.2
520.0
508.8
508.1
531.9
General Dental Services
138.0
138.6
132.8
131.2
140.1
142.2
General Ophthalmic Services
26.3
24.1
23.5
24.7
25.7
27.7
General Medical Services
349.0
359.7
355.9
369.4
393.1
402.2
Total
1062.0
1057.6
1032.2
1034.1
1067.0
1104.0