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General Practitioners: Taunton and Wellington

Asked by Gideon AmosLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 September 2025UIN 72244

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 2,000 GPs recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme have been recruited in Taunton and Wellington constituency.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Data for July 2025 shows that since October 2024, 2,097 newly qualified general practitioners have been recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, nine of which were recruited in the NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board, in which the Taunton and Wellington constituency is located. The data is not available at constituency level.

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