PCN Requirements and Entitlements for Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)
From 1 April 2023, new advanced practice roles have been included in the 23/24 update to Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). These include;
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner Nurses in the roles eligible for reimbursement as Advanced Practitioners (APs), who must have gained the Centre for Advancing Practice ‘Advanced’ digital badge.
- Reimbursing PCNs for the time that First Contact Practitioners spend out of practice undertaking education and training to become Advanced Practitioners.
NHSE Primary Care team, in partnership with the Centre of Advancing Practice, have developed some FAQs in which to provide some clarity on the requirements and entitlements for these roles in order to support PCNs and practices to understand and enable effective reimbursement of the appropriate primary care workforce.