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Dear Stephen Henderson, 

Your information request – IR1-4656598679

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Yours Sincerely,

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

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Manchester

From: Stephen Henderson <[FOI #1196270 email]>
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 6:45 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - GMC Consultation of PA/AA

Dear General Medical Council, I understand that in considering responses
to your recent consultation on PA/AA that you have excluded a number of
responses because they were considered to be "out of scope". 1. Please
advise the criteria used

Dear General Medical Council,

I understand that in considering responses to your recent consultation on PA/AA that you have excluded a number of responses because they were considered to be "out of scope".

1. Please advise the criteria used to determine whether a response received was "out of scope"

2. Please provide copies of the responses considered to be "out of scope". I appreciate you may need to redact personal data from the responses, where consent for the response to be shared is not held by the GMC.

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Henderson

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Dear Stephen Henderson

Your information access request IR1-4656598679

Thank you for your email of 4 November asking for information relating to
our recent consultation on regulating Anaesthesia Associates and Physician
Associates. I’ve considered your request under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA).

 1. Please advise the criteria used to determine whether a response
received was "out of scope"

The consultation was on our proposed rules, standards and guidance for the
regulation of PAs and AAs. Our [1]consultation document laid out the
parameters of the consultation in the sections “What we’re consulting on”
and “What this consultation is not about” on pp. 2-4. However, we did
consider all the feedback we received and will publish a detailed report
before regulation starts in December.

 2. Please provide copies of the responses considered to be "out of
scope". I appreciate you may need to redact personal data from the
responses, where consent for the response to be shared is not held by
the GMC.

I can’t provide the information you have asked for as it was obtained in
the course of an ongoing programme of research.

The exemption

Section 22a of the FOIA applies to information obtained for the purposes
of research, where the research is ongoing and there is an intention to
publish a report on it in future. The exemption applies to the raw data
regardless of whether it’s included in the published report, although this
exemption can’t be applied after publication.

In this case we intend to publish a report with the conclusions of the
consultation later this year. This exemption is subject to a public
interest test and I believe that the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Your right to appeal

I'm sorry I couldn’t provide all the information you requested. If you
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to [2][GMC request email]. Please note that we will only usually consider
appeals received within 40 working days of our response. You can also
appeal to the [3]Information Commissioner, the regulator of the FOIA and
DPA.

Yours sincerely

Edd Mustill

Information Access Officer

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

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T: 0161 250 6949

From: FOI
Sent: Monday, November 4, 2024 12:05 PM
To: Stephen Henderson <[FOI #1196270 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - GMC Consultation of PA/AA

Dear Stephen Henderson, 

Your information request – IR1-4656598679

Thank you for your request for information below dated 1^st November 2024.

How we will consider your request

We are going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
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Your request will be allocated to a member of the team. If you have any
queries please email [6][GMC request email].

Yours Sincerely,

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester

From: Stephen Henderson <[7][FOI #1196270 email]>
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 6:45 PM
To: FOI <[8][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - GMC Consultation of PA/AA

Dear General Medical Council, I understand that in considering responses
to your recent consultation on PA/AA that you have excluded a number of
responses because they were considered to be "out of scope". 1. Please
advise the criteria used

Dear General Medical Council,

I understand that in considering responses to your recent consultation on PA/AA that you have excluded a number of responses because they were considered to be "out of scope".

1. Please advise the criteria used to determine whether a response received was "out of scope"

2. Please provide copies of the responses considered to be "out of scope". I appreciate you may need to redact personal data from the responses, where consent for the response to be shared is not held by the GMC.

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Henderson

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Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cleifion a rhanddeiliaid eraill i
gynorthwyo gofal da a diogel i gleifion ar draws y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y bydd angen i feddygon a’r rhai sy’n eu hyfforddi eu bodloni, ac
yn eu helpu i’w cyflawni. Os bydd pryderon efallai na fydd y safonau hyn
yn cael eu cyflawni neu y gallai hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon fod mewn
perygl, gallwn ymchwilio, a gweithredu os oes angen.

Efallai bod y neges e-bost hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth freiniol neu
gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.

Os nad chi yw’r derbynnydd neu os ydych chi wedi cael yr e-bost hwn mewn
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Lloegr (1089278) ac yn Yr Alban (SC037750)

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Dear Mr Henderson,

Your information request - IR1-4668973229

Thank you for your email dated 12 November.

How we will consider your request

We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.

Yours sincerely

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

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Manchester

M3 3AW

From: Stephen Henderson <[FOI #1196270 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 12:15 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - GMC Consultation of PA/AA

Dear General Medical Council, Please provide me with the anticipated date
of publication. of the Consultation Report into MAP? Yours faithfully,
Stephen Henderson
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Dear General Medical Council,

Please provide me with the anticipated date of publication. of the Consultation Report into MAP?

Yours faithfully,

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Dear Stephen Henderson,

Your information access request- IR1-4668973229

Thank you for your email dated 12 November 2024 asking for the anticipated
date of publication of our PA and AA regulation consultation analysis
report. I’ve considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA).

Please be informed that the physician associate and anaesthesia associate
consultation report was published on 5 December 2024. This report is
accessible on the GMC website [1]GMC publishes PA and AA consultation
report - GMC.

I hope you find this information useful. If you have any queries about
this, or need anything further, please contact me on the details below.

Kind regards,

Helen Olaleye

Information Access Officer

Information Access Team

General Medical Council

[2]www.gmc-uk.org

[3][email address]

01612506901

General Medical Council

We work with doctors, patients, and other stakeholders to support good,
safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors and those
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concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in
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_________________________________________________________________

Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol

Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cleifion a rhanddeiliaid eraill i
gynorthwyo gofal da a diogel i gleifion ar draws y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y bydd angen i feddygon a’r rhai sy’n eu hyfforddi eu bodloni, ac
yn eu helpu i’w cyflawni. Os bydd pryderon efallai na fydd y safonau hyn
yn cael eu cyflawni neu y gallai hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon fod mewn
perygl, gallwn ymchwilio, a gweithredu os oes angen.

Efallai bod y neges e-bost hon yn cynnwys gwybodaeth freiniol neu
gyfrinachol, y dylid ei defnyddio at y diben y’i hanfonwyd yn unig.

Os nad chi yw’r derbynnydd neu os ydych chi wedi cael yr e-bost hwn mewn
camgymeriad, peidiwch â’i ddarllen, argraffu, ail-anfon, storio na
gweithredu mewn ffordd sy’n dibynnu arni neu unrhyw atodiadau os gwelwch
yn dda. Dylech anfon e-bost at yr anfonwr ac yna, ei ddileu ar unwaith.

Mae’r Cyngor Meddygol Cyffredinol yn elusen gofrestredig yng Nghymru a
Lloegr (1089278) ac yn Yr Alban (SC037750)

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