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<p>The General Practitioner (GP) Forward View, published in 2016, set out plans to
recruit an additional 1,500 clinical pharmacists into general practice by 2020/21.</p><p>
</p><p>Following a recent consultation, several changes have been made to the data
processing and methodology for general practice workforce data back to September 2015.
Figures produced under the old and new methodologies are not comparable and revised
figures have so far been published for December 2017, September 2018 and December
2018 only. The remainder of the September 2015 to December 2018 data is planned for
publication on 25 April 2019 and cannot be disseminated before this date. The number
of pharmacists working in general practice in March 2019 will be published in May
2019.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published five-year general practitioner (General
Medical Services) contract included funding for the new Additional Roles Reimbursement
Scheme, in Primary Care Networks (PCNs). PCNs will be guaranteed funding for up to
an estimated 20,000 additional staff by 2023/24. This funds new roles for which there
is both credible supply and demand. The scheme will meet a recurrent 70% of the costs
of additional clinical pharmacists, physician associates, first contact physiotherapists,
and first contact community paramedics; and 100% of the costs of additional social
prescribing link workers. The scope of the scheme will extend gradually, reflecting
available supply and funding. Funding will be available from July 2019 for clinical
pharmacists through the scheme</p>
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