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Procedures performed by physician associates

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Dear sir or madam,

Please can you provide data on the number of physician associates (PAs) currently working in your hospitals that are permitted to perform each of the below procedures. Please can you provide the data in an Excel spreadsheet, in a table with the procedure in one column and the number of PAs qualified to perform the procedure in a second column.

• Aterial line insertion
• Central line insertion
• Chest drain
• Intubation
• OesophagoGastroDuodenoscopy (OGD)
• Nerve blocks
• Pleural tap
• Surgical first assisting
• Ring blocks
• Iliofemoral block
• Nasogastric (NG) tube placement
• Ascitic drain
• Ascitic tap
• Joint aspiration
• Lumbar puncture
• Pleural aspiration

If you believe this exceeds the cost limit, please confine the search to the first half of the list. I.e., from arterial line insertion to Surgical first assisting, inclusive.

Thank you - I look forward to your response within the standard 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Hurford

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