Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the House of Commons on the 15 January (HC Deb col 371), how many extra GPs they have hired since 4 July 2024.

The number of fully qualified general practitioners (GPs) increased by 535 full-time equivalent between July 2024 and December 2024. This data includes estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records. This does not include recently qualified GPs employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).

Information on the number of recently qualified general practitioners for which primary care networks are claiming reimbursement via the ARRS is currently being collated and is not yet published. We are working to verify the data and establish its reliability, which is necessary before any dataset can be published.