Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.

The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was introduced in 2019, and since then over 38,000 additional roles have been recruited under the scheme.

In October 2024, the scheme was extended to include recently qualified general practitioners (GPs). In December 2024, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care wrote to the profession to confirm that funding for the ARRS, including the GP roles, would continue into 2025/26.

In January 2025, NHS England wrote to GPs to highlight the ongoing commitment and to encourage Primary Care Networks to utilise the available GPs in ARRS funding, to recruit recently qualified GPs this financial year.