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<p>The Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published by NHS England
in May 2023, sets out actions to cut bureaucracy and workload, which includes reducing
demands of general practice (GP) time from unnecessary or low-value asks, improving
the interface between primary and secondary care, and significantly streamlining the
Impact and Investment Fund by reducing the number of indicators from 36 to five in
2023/24.</p><p>We are working with NHS England to increase the GP workforce in England.
This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave
the profession, and encourage them to return to practice. NHS England has made available
a number of recruitment and retention schemes to boost the GP workforce. This includes
the National GP Induction and Refresher scheme, the Return to Practice programme,
and the International Induction Programme.</p><p>Through the Additional Roles Reimbursement
Scheme (ARRS), Primary Care Networks and practices have recruited over 36,000 additional
staff including nursing associates, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and social prescribing
link workers, hitting the Government's target to recruit 26,000 a year, ahead of the
March 2024 deadline. The expanded primary care teams funded through the ARRS not only
add extra clinical capacity, helping to reduce the burden on GPs, but also form the
basis for multi-disciplinary teams to work on improving the care offered to patients.</p>
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