Publication, Part of Primary Care Workforce recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) [MI]
Primary Care Workforce Recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), 1 October 2024 – 31 March 2026 [Management Information]
Summary
Additional funding of £82 million was announced in August 2024 to support the inclusion of recently qualified GPs in the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) for 2024/25 with funding only available for GPs who had qualified within the last 2 years. As a result, the primary care network directed enhanced service (PCN DES) was amended for 2024/25 to expand the ARRS and reimburse the employment costs of these recently qualified GPs. PCNs have been able to access this funding since October 2024.
The tables presented in this publication show the headcount of GPs recruited through the scheme at any time since 1 October 2024 along with monthly FTE values for the same period. All figures are based on claims submitted to the portal and approved by ICBs.
Initial releases will focus solely on GPs recruited through the scheme and may be expanded to cover other staff groups in future releases.
Due to unforeseen technical issues with the ARRS dataset which feeds this publication, we were unable to issue data for the month of February 2026. These issues have now been fully resolved and this months publication has been updated to feature data for February 2026 and March 2026. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Key Facts
3,580
GPs claimed for through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme between 1st October 2024 and 31st March 2026 (Headcount)
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