AQW 36997/22-27

Mr Danny Donnelly
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 08/12/2025
Answered On Date: 29/12/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, in respect of the 29 GP practices that have handed back their contracts over the last three years, to detail the number that were receiving or had received support from the General Practice Improvement and Crisis Response Team.

Answer:

The table below outlines the number of contract handbacks over the last 5 years and instances were support had been sought from the Crisis Response Team.

	Practice Contract Handbacks	Were the practice in receipt of CRT support
2020/21	1 Handback Antrim Road Medical Practice	1 in receipt of CRT Yes
2021/22	2 HandbacksDevenish PracticeBannview Medical Practice	2 in receipt of CRTYes Yes
2022/23	13 HandbacksBernaghmore Medical Practice Bridge Street Medical Brookeborough & Tempo Pcs Cookstown Cic,The Surgery Dromore Surgery Flax Medical Centre Grove Medical Practice Kells & Connor Medical Centre Lisnaskea Medical Centre (Cic) Maphoner Surgery Mountview Surgery Priory Surgery Racecourse Medical Group	12 in receipt of CRTYes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2023/24	11 HandbacksCullybackey Medical Practice Donaghcloney Surgery Fintona Medical Centre Galgorm Surgery Kilkeel Medical Practice Larne Medical Practice Portadown Family Practice Portstewart Family Practice The Medical Centre, Moy Wade,Toner & Mcalonan Practice Waterside Medical Practice	8 in receipt of CRTYes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
2024/25	5 HandbacksBallymoney Health Centre Dr O'Kane Fairhill Health Centre Newtownhamilton Health Centre Rathkeeland House	4 in receipt of CRTYes No Yes Yes Yes
2025/26	None to date