GP Federations have been established by GPs to support General Practice and facilitate the transformation agenda in health and social care in a primary care setting. Each Federation has been established as a clinically led not-for-profit Community Interest Company. Through the pooling of resources and working at scale, this makes possible the provision of services which would not otherwise be delivered at individual practice level. The Northern GP Federation supports 73 GP Practices across the four Federations which collectively cover a patient population of approximately 470,000 patients - Antrim Ballymena Federation, Causeway Federation, East Antrim Federation and Mid Ulster Federation. The work of these Federations is supported by the Northern Federation Support Unit (NFSU). Northern FSU has been designed to provide Federation members with support, advice and expertise in the design and delivery of service provision. NFSU functions include central management expertise, planning, accounting, communication, corporate governance, human resources and the delivery of a range of services on behalf of Federations. The core purpose of NFSU is to ensure that clinicians are free to focus on ensuring that they provide the best clinical outcomes for their patients, while improving the quality of care that they receive.
