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NHS physician associates: Consultation launched on regulation

A medical regulator has launched a consultation into how it should oversee NHS physician associates (PAs), who have been at the centre of controversy following a patient death. The General Medical Council (GMC) said it wanted to hear from ...

26 Mar 2024 at 00:01

‘Our daughter would still be alive if she had seen GP and not an associate’

The parents of a woman who died after being misdiagnosed by a physician associate say their daughter would still be alive if she had seen a GP instead. Brendan Chesterton, 64, a retired maths and ICT teacher, and his wife Marion, 65, a ...

07 Mar 2024 at 18:30

Leading medics sound alarm over physician associates

Physician associates ‘pose a risk to patient safety’ leading medics have said after a new poll showed the vast majority of doctors in the UK are concerned about the expansion of the positions in the NHS. A poll of 18,000 UK doctors ...

12 Dec 2023 at 22:00

Physician associates are ‘not substitutes’ for GPs, NHS says

Physician associates (PAs) are “not substitutes” for GPs and must be supervised, NHS England has said. A new letter to all GP surgeries, primary care network clinical directors, integrated care board chief executives and NHS ...

28 Mar 2024 at 10:31

Doctors want clarity on role of physician associates to avoid patient confusion

More clarity should be provided on the role of people employed to help doctors diagnose and manage patients to avoid confusion and stop respect for clinicians being “eroded”, members of the British Medical Association (BMA) ...

06 Jul 2023 at 17:17

UK’s GP body votes to oppose use of physician associates in surgeries

The UK’s GP body has voted to oppose the use of physician associates (PAs) in doctor surgeries. The governing council of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) voted 61% in favour of opposing their role, citing patient safety ...

20 Sept 2024 at 18:02

Half of people know nothing about physician associates, poll suggests

More than half of people in the UK have never heard of – or know nothing about – physician associates, a new poll has found. However, people expressed a small preference for the idea of NHS funding being used to ...

19 Aug 2024 at 00:01

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What’s a physician associate and can I ask for a doctor instead?

Almost a quarter of people surveyed did not know the difference between a physician associate and a doctor, a new Healthwatch England poll has found. Medical associate professionals have been under increased ...

22 Jul 2024 at 14:55

GPs should assess patients before they see physician associates, doctors suggest

Leading doctors have warned that physician associates should not see patients who have not been assessed by a GP first. In new guidance, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) also says physician ...

10 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Little evidence that employing physician associates in NHS is safe – research

There is little evidence that employing physician associates (PAs) in the NHS is safe or that they improve patient care, a review from Oxford University has found. Experts said studies relating the role of ...

07 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Allowing physician associates to take on doctors’ responsibilities ‘costs lives’

Allowing physician associates (PAs) to take on the responsibilities of NHS doctors costs lives, an expert from the University of Oxford has said. Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, lead author of new research ...

07 Mar 2025 at 11:04

Physician associates ‘should be banned from seeing patients without review’

Physician associates (PAs) should be banned from seeing patients who have not been reviewed by a medic to prevent the risk of “catastrophic” misdiagnoses, a Government-ordered report has found. The ...

16 Jul 2025 at 08:37

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