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Asked by Paula

AQW 26188/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of graduates of the Physician Associate course, part-funded by his Department, that have subsequently found employment as Physician Associates since January 2020.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 28 April 2025

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Tabled
28 April 2025
Answer due by
14 May 2025
Answered
13 May 202515 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

There are nearly 80 Physician Associates (PA) currently working across health and social care in Northern Ireland in a range of settings. While my Department is unable to give a definitive answer to this question, the vast majority of these will have graduated from the PA MSc programme at Ulster University.

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