Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes have been recruited through the increase to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

As of 31 March 2025, the number of general practitioners (GPs) who had been recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was 26 in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB), and 58 in the NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

As of 28 February 2025, the number of full time equivalent (FTE) ARRS GPs was 13.5 in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB, and 35.3 in the NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

Funding to employ GPs through the scheme has been available since October 2024 and therefore the number of GPs recruited is from 1 October onwards.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many recently qualified GPs have been recruited in (A) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme since April 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

As of 31 March 2025, the number of general practitioners (GPs) who had been recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was 26 in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB), and 58 in the NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

As of 28 February 2025, the number of full time equivalent (FTE) ARRS GPs was 13.5 in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB, and 35.3 in the NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

Funding to employ GPs through the scheme has been available since October 2024 and therefore the number of GPs recruited is from 1 October onwards.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency have received funding for estate upgrades.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Buckingham and Bletchley constituency falls into the areas of two integrated care boards (ICBs). No practices in the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) ICB, part of the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency, will be receiving money from the national Utilisation and Modernisation Funding, but we understand the ICB is supporting three practices in the constituency with potential premises improvements using S106 funding.

All general practices (GPs) in the BLMK area were given the opportunity to apply for funding under the national Utilisation and Modernisation Fund. No applications were received from practices in Bletchley within the deadline.

In the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and West Berkshire ICB area, within the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency, there are two GPs which have benefited from significant recent estates funding, those being:

• Swan Practice, which now has an approved Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, a capital programme, project for a £5 million contribution from NHS England towards a new £10 million GP facility at Lace Hill. Construction has started and the project is due to be completed in the summer of 2026; and
• 3W Health, which has benefitted from an NHS Property Services investment of approximately £1.5 million for refurbishment of Winslow Health Centre in 2023.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the GP-to-patient ratio is in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

As of 31 March 2025, the median number of full time equivalent doctors in general practice per 10,000 registered patients in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency was 4.5.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average funding is allocated per pharmacy in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency under the 2025–26 contractual framework.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

In 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework will be increased to £3.073 billion. This represents the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service, at over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. There is also additional funding available, for example for pharmacies delivering Pharmacy First consultations and flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

The majority of this funding is linked to activity, so each pharmacy’s share of the funding depends on how many prescriptions it dispenses, and the volume of NHS clinical services it delivers. Therefore, we cannot forecast how much pharmacies in Buckingham and Bletchley will earn from delivering NHS services in 2025/26.