| Reference | FOI 2025/1303 |
|---|---|
| Description | Complaints about physician associates in general practice |
| Date Requested | 14/07/2025 |
| Date Replied | 29/07/2025 |
| Category | Primary Care & Strategic Commissioning |
I would like to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act. This is following on from an FOI sent from last financial year (FOI 624):
1.
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2. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet.
3. NHS Greater Manchester (NHS GM) consists of 10 localities (Bolton, Bury, Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, Manchester, Oldham, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan). There localities have different populations, and the information provided is a summary of all 10 localities’ quality schemes and locally commissioned services. It is not possible to state the populations for each line as the spend could be related to just one locality, all 10, or, somewhere in between.
4. Most services are commissioned directly from GP practices but some localities commission on a Primary Care Network (PCN) basis. It is not possible to disaggregate each line.
5. Not applicable
6. Please find the specifications for each locality below:
Bolton
Bury
HMR
Manchester
Oldham
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Trafford
Wigan
**PDF documents were sent to the requester with this response, however we are unable to upload these onto our disclosure log. If you require a copy of the full response, together with all of the the attachments, please contact NHS GM’s FOI team – nhsgm.foi@nhs.net.**