AQW 30264/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the budget allocations to individual Family Practitioner Services, including General Dental Services (i) for 2025-26; and (ii) each of the previous five years.
Asked by Nuala McAllister MLA on 3 September 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 3 September 2025
- Answer due by
- 18 September 2025
- Answered
- 18 September 202515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below outlines the expenditure in each of the 4 contractor areas for Family Practitioner Services, over the last 5 years.
| Expenditure £m | ||||||
| Business Area | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 est. |
| General Pharmaceutical Services | 548.6 | 535.2 | 520.0 | 508.8 | 508.1 | 531.9 |
| General Dental Services | 138.0 | 138.6 | 132.8 | 131.2 | 140.1 | 142.2 |
| General Ophthalmic Services | 26.3 | 24.1 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 25.7 | 27.7 |
| General Medical Services | 349.0 | 359.7 | 355.9 | 369.4 | 393.1 | 402.2 |
| Total | 1062.0 | 1057.6 | 1032.2 | 1034.1 | 1067.0 | 1104.0 |