General Practitioners: Recruitment
Commons · Question 43801 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
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
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 9 Apr 2025
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)...