Key facts: Belfast
- Active GP practice organisations, BT1 to BT17 postcode districts
- 76
- Date of count
- 18 October 2026
- Contract held with
- Department of Health's Strategic Planning and Performance Group
Count from the NHS Organisation Data Service, 18 October 2026.
GP practices in the BT1 to BT17 postcode districts
The NHS Organisation Data Service lists 76 organisations with an active GP practice role in the BT1 to BT17 postcode districts on 18 October 2026. Postcode areas run wider than city boundaries, so these counts include surrounding towns.
Practices hold their NHS contracts with the Department of Health's Strategic Planning and Performance Group. That contract, the partnership agreement and the surgery premises are what a lender reads first.
Health and social care in Northern Ireland
Health and social care in Northern Ireland is run by the Department of Health through HSC, practice contracts are held with the Department of Health's Strategic Planning and Performance Group, and services are regulated by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.
What Belfast GP partners usually fund
The common cases are a partner buying in, a retiring partner being bought out, and surgery premises. See partner buy-in finance, premises finance, our guide to becoming a GP partner and the buy-in calculator.
Premises and security
Stamp Duty Land Tax applies in Northern Ireland, but conveyancing and land registration follow Northern Ireland's own system, so the timetable is set with a local solicitor. Invest NI is the economic development agency; most practice borrowing is still arranged with commercial lenders.
Lenders for Belfast GP practices
Lenders for GP practices are not organised by region, so neither is our search: for Belfast, as anywhere, we search the whole market and approach the lenders whose criteria fit. Fees depend on the lender; nothing is payable upfront.
Common questions
How many GP practices are there in Belfast?
The NHS Organisation Data Service lists 76 active GP practice organisations in the BT1 to BT17 postcode districts (18 October 2026), an area wider than the city.
Who holds the NHS contract for a Belfast GP practice?
The Department of Health's Strategic Planning and Performance Group.
Which tax applies to a surgery purchase in Belfast?
Stamp Duty Land Tax, as in England, though conveyancing and land registration follow the Northern Ireland system.
