The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has agreed to take on the contract for two Co Down surgeries after efforts to secure new doctors failed.
It was announced last August that the current GP partners at Priory Surgery in Holywood, which incorporates Springhill Surgery in Bangor, would be handing back their contract to health bosses in early 2023.
The practices said they would stop providing General Medical Services from February 1 if no new doctors could be found.