The Department of Health can confirm that a contractor has been appointed to provide GP services to the patients of Maple Healthcare Practice in Lisnaskea and Bernaghmore Medical Practice, Ballymena, with effect from 1 May 2023.

The new contractor is a subsidiary company of the FSU GP Practice Management CIC (Federation Support Unit).
It follows extensive work to identify a new GP contractor to take over both the practices, following the termination of the contract by the previous contractors.
All 14,109 patients of Maple Healthcare Practice and 3,807 patients of Bernaghmore Medical Practice have been automatically registered with the new practice.
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