Trust takes on contract for Dromore and Trillick GP practice
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The Department of Health can confirm that the Western Health and Social Care Trust has agreed to take on the contract for the Dromore and Trillick GP Practice in Co Tyrone.
Under this new temporary arrangement, the Trust will work with the Department to secure ongoing locum GP cover for the practice. The Trust will also oversee administrative support and the provision of pharmacy and social work services.
This new arrangement will take effect from 1 July 2022 until March 2023.
It follows extensive work to identify a new GP contractor to take over the practice, following the resignation of its current GP.
Patients of the practice can be assured that its services will continue as normal under the new arrangement. They will receive letters on the situation over the coming days. Patients needing GP services should continue to contact the practice as normal.
The Trust arrangement has been made under the Alternate Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract. It is the second time an APMS contract has been put in place in Northern Ireland.
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