Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many never events occurred within NHS England in each year since 2019; and how many and what proportion of these incidents involved Physician Associates in each year.

Information on Never Events is published by NHS England, and all available data on Never Events is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/never-events-data/

NHS England does not collect specific data relating to Physician Associate involvement in Never Events, and as such the information is not held.