Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to increase the number of GPs nationwide.

We have committed to training more general practitioners (GPs) across the country and to recruiting over 1,000 newly qualified GPs through an £82 million boost to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) over 2024/25. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has confirmed that recently qualified GPs who are employed via the ARRS will continue to be supported through the scheme in 2025/26.

We have announced a proposed £889 million uplift to the GP contract for 2025/26, with a rising share of total National Health Service resources going to general practice and we are currently consulting the profession on key proposals to improve GP recruitment.