Monday 01 December 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8795
Date Request Received: 23/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 08/10/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Physician Associate Safety Events
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you disclose the following information: The number of patient safety events involving a physician associate or anaesthesia associate in the last five years. (Broken down by calendar years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 1a) Broken down by types of injuries resulting from these safety events. (Broken down by same years as above) 1b) Broken down by injury causes. (Broken down by same years as above) 1c) Broken down by injury severity (no harm, slight, moderate, severe, catastrophic). (Broken down by same years as above) | |
| Answer To Question 1: N/A as we do not have anyone employed in such a role within the anaesthetic department. Response from Medicine Division - We have not had a patient safety incident involving our PAs. | |
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