Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to support the provision of additional services in GP surgeries in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

We remain committed to growing and diversifying the General Practice workforce, through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) Primary Care Networks (PCNS) and practices have recruited over 34,000 additional staff including Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, and social prescribing link workers.

These roles provide appointments and perform clinical and administrative tasks as part of the wider General Practice multi-disciplinary team.

NHS England have committed to supporting all of the roles recruited through the scheme into the future, PCNs, including those in Mid Bedfordshire, can be confident that there will be funding for any ARRS role recruited before March 2024.