GP contract imposed by health minister for the first time in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s health minister has imposed the GMS contract for 2025/26 on GP practices for the first time, after the offer was rejected by the BMA last week.

Speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly earlier this week, Mike Nesbitt said he has ‘taken the decision to go ahead and implement the contract on offer’ which includes £9.5m extra funding in 2025/26, as he said negotiations had reached an ‘endpoint’.