The South Belfast Federation of Family Practices, which came into being in 2015, is a Community Interest Company comprised of the 16 GP practices in South Belfast who have all nominated a Member Director from their practice partnership to represent their GP practice on the Federation.

Our purpose is to improve the service to our patients by collaborating and combining our efforts and through innovation in the services we provide. Through the development of the Federation we have been able to recruit General Practice Pharmacists into all our practices, build a responsive and relevant programme of continuing professional development for all practice staff, take part in innovative ways of referring patients internally for a variety of conditions and piloting new services such as a diagnostic service for asthma and COPD.