Internal Reference Number: FOI_9345
Date Request Received: 14/04/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 01/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Governance and safety of Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent)
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: FOI request: Governance and safety of Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) Please disclose your current Scope of Practice document for Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) and any related governance document on Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent). | |
| Answer To Question 1: The policy is currently in DRAFT and under review awaiting approval. | |
| Question Number 2: Please disclose how Physician Associates/Assistants (or equivalent) are coded on the trust鈥檚 electronic patient records? Are they coded generically as 鈥渃linician鈥� or specifically as 鈥淧hysician Associate/ Assistant鈥� (or equivalent)? If neither, please specify how they are coded. Please also disclose the full list of ALL staff codes used on the trust鈥檚 electronic patient records. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Physician Associates are not shown as a clinician on the EPR and are coded as 'Occupation not recorded'. | |
| Question Number 3: Please disclose how Physician Associates/Assistants (or equivalent) are coded on the trust鈥檚 Datix system, or whether they are coded at all If they are NOT coded on Datix, please explain why this is so. Please also disclose the full list of ALL staff codes currently used within the Datix system | |
| Answer To Question 3: Physician Associates/ Assistants are not coded on Datix. The codes we have are pre-set and have been for as long as we have had the system. Please see attached Staff codes. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:  9345_Staff Type and Sub Stype Datix Fields.xlsx | |
| Question Number 4: Please disclose when the trust first introduced Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) roles and the current number of FTE of such roles at the trust. | |
| Answer To Question 4: 4 PA's currently in post. Initial recruitment was commenced in August 2023. | |
| Question Number 5: Please disclose if and how the trust has evaluated the safety of Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) roles since they were first introduced at the trust Please disclose specifically if and how the trust has tracked and evaluated any patient safety incidents associated with or arising from these Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) roles since they were first introduced. For example, does the trust hold central data on the number of serious incidents and Never Events associated with Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) roles since their introduction? Has the trust produced any formal analyses or reports on the safety of Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) roles at the trust? If so, please share these. | |
| Answer To Question 5: This question is not applicable as we do not have Physician Associate/ Assistant Roles (or equivalent) coded on the Datix system | |
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