Question follow-through · 6724
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) experienced GPs not covered by the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme and (b) other GPs to find employment.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) experienced GPs not covered by the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme and (b) other GPs to find employment.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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15 Oct 2024
Answer published
We remain committed to growing the number of doctors in general practice (GP) and we are working to increase the GP workforce in England.NHS England is working to address training bottlenecks so the health service has enough staff for the future, and we w...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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