Physician Associates
Commons · Question 42866 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates were employed by the NHS in England in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the num
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Apr 2025
We do not hold data on physician associate (PA) numbers for each of the last ten years, but the table below provides figures for the number of full time equivalent (FTE) PAs employed in both National Health Service trusts and primary care from 2017 to 202...