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Physician associates/Anaesthesia associates

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Dear Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the information as an attachment to this request.

1. The current number of physician associates currently employed in the Trust.
2. The current number of anaesthesia associates currently employed in the Trust.
3. A breakdown of the areas where physician associates are currently employed in the Trust by hospital and department.
4. A breakdown of the areas where anaesthesia associates are currently employed in the Trust by hospital and department.
5. The current policies of the Trust applicable to the role of physician associates with a particular focus on their supervision, drug prescribing, and ordering of ionising radiation.
6. The current policies of the Trust applicable to the role of anaesthesia associates with a particular focus on their supervision, drug prescribing, and ordering of ionising radiation.
7. Any Trust policy or planning indicating future recruitment of physician associates.
8. Any Trust policy or planning indicating future recruitment of anaesthesia associates.

If it is impossible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, on how I can refine my request.

If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,
W Osler

Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Governance Department and will be responded to in due course.

Information Governance are implementing a new system called Infreemation.
From 12th June, emails will sent from [email address].

FOINorthernTrust@infreemation.co.uk,

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

Our ref: FOI/1404
27/10/2023

 

By Email: [FOI #1041666 email]
 

Dear W Osler

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your request for information received by us today,
requesting information about Physician Associates/Anaesthesia Associates.

Your request is being dealt with under freedom of information requirements
and will be answered within 20 working days.

In the interim should you have any queries about your request, please do
not hesitate to reply to this email, quoting the above reference number. 
Alternatively, you can contact the department in the following ways:

Information Governance Department

Causeway House, 8E Coleraine Road

Ballymoney

BT53 6BP

Tel: 028 2766 1293

Yours sincerely,

 

 

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE DEPARTMENT

Should you wish to reply to this email, please be careful not to amend the
information in the ‘subject’ field. This will ensure that the information
is added directly to your case. However, please be aware that this is an
automated process; the information will not be read by a member of our
staff until your case is allocated to a request handler.

 

FOINorthernTrust@infreemation.co.uk,

2 Attachments

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

Our ref: FOI/1404
24/11/2023

 

By Email: [FOI #1041666 email]

 

Dear W Osler

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information.  Please find attached the
Trust's response.  

Trust decisions in relation to the release of information that the Trust
holds are governed by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, the Data
Protection Act (DPA)/GDPR 2018 and other pieces of associated legislation.

I trust that the attached information satisfies your request, however,
should you have any questions about the handling of your information
request or need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to reply to
this email or contact us using one of the contact methods outlined below
quoting the above reference number.

Information Governance Department

Causeway House, 8E Coleraine Road

Ballymoney

BT53 6BP

Tel: 028 2766 1293

IF ISSUED BY EMAIL –

Should you wish to reply to this email, please be careful not to amend the
information in the ‘subject’ field. This will ensure that the information
is added directly to your case. However, please be aware that this is an
automated process; the information will not be read by a member of our
staff until your case is allocated to a request handler.
 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE DEPARTMENT

Enc. [INSERT CONTENT REF.]

 

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