Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to include primary healthcare chaplaincy as one of the options on which primary care networks can choose to spend additional roles reimbursement scheme funds.

The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) provides funding for a number of additional roles to help increase capacity in general practice, enabling primary care networks (PCNs) to create bespoke teams.

Following feedback from the 2026/27 GP contract consultation, we are increasing flexibility of the ARRS, enabling PCNs to recruit a broader range of ARRS roles, including primary care chaplains, where agreed with the commissioner.