28. The following changes will be made to the Network Contract DES in 2025/26. The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) 29.
The ARRS will be made more flexible in 2025/26 with the following changes: the continuation of funding into 2025/26 for the cohort of ARRS GPs recruited during 2024/25 which equates to £186 million for the full year. A PCN's Additional Roles Reimbursement Sum equates to £26.631 multiplied by the PCN Contractor Weighted Population as at 1 January 2025. Further details of the method for determining Additional Roles Reimbursement Sum are set out in the Network Contract DES Guidance.
How to Use the ARRS Maximum Reimbursement Tool This interactive tool helps you find the maximum reimbursable amounts for different healthcare roles under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme for 2025/26. Now, let's see the expansion of the additional roles reimbursement scheme, and Keep reading to see our new PCN roles browser. In the PCN DES 2025/26, the additional roles reimbursement scheme increased.
The following table has a comparison from 24/25. Associated doctor's apprentice First contact physiotherapist First dietist contact First contact podiatrist First contact with []. PCN requirements and entitlements for Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) 2025/26 ARRS for Advanced Practitioners - April 2025 What is advanced practice?
The landscape of primary care is constantly evolving, and the latest Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) for 2025/26 brings significant changes, particularly concerning the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). Learn about the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) and ARRS Support in the UK by the NHS to see if your role qualifies for ARRS Funding in 2025/26. The scheme was expanded to include enhanced practice nurses in April 2024.
A proposed change to the GP contract for 2025/26 would further expand ARRS to include reimbursing employment of general practice nurses. To be eligible a new ARRS role cannot replace an existing role within a Primary Care Network. Funding for the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) will expand by more than £256m in 2025/26, taking its total value to almost £1.7bn, NHS England has confirmed.
The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) is subject to annual review as part of the consultation on the GP contract with professional representatives. The consultation on the 2025/26 GP contract has now concluded and the General Practitioners Committee England has voted in support of the proposed changes for 25/26. Several changes have been confirmed to increase the flexibility of the.
