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General Practitioners: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) retain existing and (b) recruit new GPs in Sussex.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) retain existing and (b) recruit new GPs in Sussex.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    We are committed to training thousands more general practitioners (GPs) across the country, including in Sussex. We invested an additional £82 million into the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) over 2024/25, as part of an initiative to address ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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