Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 43801

General Practitioners: Recruitment

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 9 April 2025

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Prime Minister in response to the Leader of the Opposition on 2 April 2025, how 1,000 new GPs were recruited.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Previously, primary care networks were limited in how they could use their funding, but now they can hire recently qualified doctors through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), a practical solution which is boosting general practitioner (GP)...

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