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First Contact Practitioner (FCP) Roles

The Network Contract DES Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme provides funding to support the expansion of workforce within primary care by an additional 26,000 roles by 2023/24. Through PCNs, general practice will be able to access funding via this scheme, allowing them to support the recruitment or engagement of services for a wide range of roles, including five AHP roles:

First Contact Practitioners & Advanced Practitioners - Paramedics

First Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care: (Paramedics) A Roadmap to Practice (hee.nhs.uk)

First Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care: (Musculoskeletal)

First Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care: (Musculoskeletal) A Roadmap to PracticeFirst Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care: (Musculoskeletal) A Roadmap to Practice (hee.nhs.uk)

Please see below for the links to the profession specific FCP - Advanced Practice Roadmaps.

  • Further Roadmaps will be released as follows
  • Podiatry  - April 2021
  • Occupational Therapy & Dietetics - Summer 2021

The following link takes you to resources to support the implementation of FCP - Advanced Practice

https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/allied-health-professions/enable-workforce/roadmaps-practice

New resources are being added weekly so please keep checking the page.