North East London
As part of the Long-Term Plan, Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and General Practices are encouraged to build a team of people with diverse skills and capabilities to support increased access for patients, alleviate pressures on existing staff, and improve the quality of care and services. The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) provides PCNs with funding for some of these roles.
The aim of the scheme is to build and utilise the additional roles to solve the workforce shortage in general practice. Whereas the funding will be for new roles being introduced within PCNs, each network will have the flexibility to determine which roles form a core list they require based on their patient population requirements.
This website offers information, tools and links to help with the understanding of the various roles and how they support primary care.
Link to: Induction Sessions
Click HERE for the
INDUCTION SESSIONS
Click on the roles to see related information, tools and links.
Link to: Advanced Practitioner
Advanced Practitioner
Link to: Care Coordinator
Care Coordinator
Link to: Clinical Pharmacist
Clinical Pharmacist
Link to: Dietitian
Dietitian
Link to: Digital Transformation Lead
Digital Transformation Lead
Link to: Enhanced Nurse
Enhanced Nurse
Link to: First Contact Physiotherapist
First Contact Physiotherapist
Link to: GP Assistant
GP Assistant
Link to: Health and Wellbeing Coach
Health and Wellbeing Coach
Link to: Mental Health Practitioner
Mental Health Practitioner
Link to: Nursing Associate & Student Nursing Associate
Nursing Associate & TNA
Link to: Occupational Therapist
Occupational
Therapist
Link to: Paramedic
Paramedic
Link to: Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technician
Link to: Physician Associate
Physician Associate
Link to: Physiotherapist
Physiotherapist
Link to: Podiatrist
Podiatrist
Link to: Social Prescribing Link Worker
Social Prescribing Link Worker
Meet the NHS’s healthcare team working with your GP so your needs are met in the best possible way.
Further Useful Links, Tools and Documents
- PCN Toolkit: Using Social Prescribing,Health Coaching and Care Co-ordination to tackle health inequalities
- It aims to:
Practically support PCNs to recruit, employ, embed, support, and develop all three of the roles
Signpost to all the useful resources, specifications and guidance on personalised care, social prescribers, health coaches, care coordinators and how population health and health inequalities relates to personalised care
Give practical examples of how each of the roles can work with patients, different cohorts, including those impacted by health inequalities
- It aims to:
- HEE Toolkit
- ARRS roles in PC New Roles in Primary Care Guidance – This Health Education England Primary Care National Toolkit has been created to enable PCNs to develop their workforce. It refers not only to ARRS roles but to all new roles in Primary Care.
- Additional Roles Overview
- PCN Additional Roles – The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of each of the roles available for reimbursement via the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) and how these roles may be used in Primary Care Networks (PCNs), that should assist in considerations for your workforce planning.
- Supervision
- Supervision for roles recruited through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)
- ARRS Roles – Guidance on supervision, training and responsibility