Request

Dear Sir/Madam Wondering if you can help me please. I head the medical workforce unit at the Royal College of Physicians. I am interested to see how many physician associate posts have been advertised on NNHS jobs over the past two years, and have these numbers split by months as interested to see if there is any seasonality with vacancies. Is this something you can provide please, happy to discuss further if that helps.

Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached.

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The data shows the number of published adverts per month where job title contained “Physician Associate” and were published between August 2022 and August 2024

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