{"id":238729,"date":"2025-07-05T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/238729\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T00:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:15:13","slug":"gp-partners-in-northern-ireland-vote-for-collective-action-over-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/238729\/","title":{"rendered":"GP partners in Northern Ireland vote for collective action over funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement on Friday, the Department of Health (DoH) said it acknowledges the outcome of the ballot, but said it has not yet received details of the planned collective action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It stressed that any action must respect contractual obligations, protect patient safety, and maintain service access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The department said it recognises that the primary care system is under &#8220;considerable and sustained pressure&#8221; while also acknowledging the dedication of GPs and their teams in meeting patient demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The DoH stated that, given the department&#8217;s well-known financial constraints, the additional \u00a39.5 million offered in the 2025\/26 GMS [General Medical Services] contract &#8220;represented the best possible offer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is a matter of regret that the department has not been able to reach agreement,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The department said, as stated by Health Minister Mike Nesbitt on 19 May, that it remains open to discussions on securing the future of general practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They said an invitation has been extended to NIGPC to begin formal negotiations on a new GMS contract, aimed at stabilising and modernising general practice, making it more equitable and aligned with population needs as part of a neighbourhood model of care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement on Friday, the Department of Health (DoH) said it acknowledges the outcome of the ballot,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-238729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114797748144872807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}