AQW 17526/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 04/11/2024
Answered On Date: 19/11/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health whether the new cohort of Physician Associate Masters students, commencing study in January 2025, will be reasonably guaranteed positions within the health service at the end of their studies.

Answer:

My Department’s officials will continue to work proactively with employers across the HSC Trusts in trying to secure posts for future graduates from the MSc in Physician Associate Studies degree programme at Ulster University.