General Practitioners: Recruitment and Training
Commons · Question 42777 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) the recruitment and (b) levels of training of GPs.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 Apr 2025
We have invested an additional £82 million into the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) in 2024/25 to enable the recruitment of over 1,000 recently qualified general practitioners (GPs). Under the 2025/26 GP contract changes, the ARRS will become...