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Dear Tom Reighard,

Your information request – IR1-4781111077

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From: Tom Reighard <[FOI #1236235 email]>
Sent: 08 February 2025 20:00
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Number of GMC Registered
Physician Associates in the UK

Dear General Medical Council, Please provide 1) The number of GMC
Registered physician associates working in the UK Yours faithfully, Tom
Reighard
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Dear Mr Reighard

Your information access request

Thank you for your email dated 8 February 2025, where you request ‘the
number of GMC registered physician associates working in the UK’.

I’ve considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

We do not maintain records on whether physician associates are currently
working but rather if they are registered with us. I can confirm that
there were 359 GMC registered physician associates as of 13 February 2025.

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.

Yours sincerely

Remi Owolabi (she/her)

Information Access Officer

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester M3 3AW

Email: [1][email address]

Telephone Number: 0161 240 7225

General Medical Council

We work with doctors, physician associates (PAs), anaesthesia associates
(AAs), those they care for and other stakeholders to support good, safe
patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors, PAs, AAs and
their educators need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are
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Rydym yn gweithio gyda meddygon, cymdeithion meddygol (PA), cymdeithion
anesthesia (AA), y rhai y maent yn gofalu amdanynt a rhanddeiliaid eraill
i gefnogi gofal da a diogel i gleifion ledled y DU. Rydym yn gosod y
safonau y mae angen i feddygon, cymdeithion meddygol, cymdeithion
anesthesia a’u haddysgwyr eu bodloni, ac yn eu helpu i’w cyrraedd. Os oes
pryderon na fydd y safonau hyn yn cael eu bodloni o bosibl, neu y gallai
hyder y cyhoedd mewn meddygon, cymdeithion meddygol neu gymdeithion
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angen.

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Lloegr (1089278) ac yn yr Alban (SC037750)

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