Thank you for your request for information about the following:

‘I'm a physician associate working at Stowhealth GP surgery. I also work as the Physician Associate Ambassador for Suffolk and northeast Essex with the primary care training hub. I would like to request details of all physician associate job adverts that have been posted on NHS jobs across the Suffolk and northeast Essex region over the last 10+ years if possible - including mental health, hospitals and primary care/GP. This information will be super helpful for workforce planning purposes’

Your request was received on 19 February 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Response

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Search criteria

Date Range

We have provided data from 1 January 2017 to 19 February 2023, this is all the data we hold.

Job Title

Job title search includes “Physician” or “Associate”.

Region

Region is East of England (this covers Suffolk and Northeast Essex, but also additional areas).

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