Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68288

General Practitioners: Recruitment

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme to support healthcare professionals to become GP partners.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department has no current plans to reopen the New to Partnership Payment Scheme, which was launched by NHS England and ran from July 2020 to June 2023.We recognise that fewer general practitioners (GPs) are interested in going into partnership, and th...

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