RCGP calls for immediate freeze on recruitment of physician associates
General practices should stop recruiting physician associates (PAs) immediately until regulation and scope of practice guidance is finalised, the Royal…
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General practices should stop recruiting physician associates (PAs) immediately until regulation and scope of practice guidance is finalised, the Royal…
Senior officers at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have called on President Sarah Clarke to resign, after over 80…
Medical associate professionals (MAPs), including physician associates, must have an immediately available, named supervisor in all healthcare settings, the BMA…
Most anaesthetists have a negative view of anaesthesia associates (AAs), a survey by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) has…
The BMA has taken the wrong approach when raising “legitimate concerns” around physician associates, the chief executive of NHS Employers…
Martin McKee, professor of European Public Health1, Carol Brayne, professor of public health medicine, co-director2 1London School of Hygiene &…
Alexander Mafi, editorial registrar The BMJ The addition of new clinical staff on hospital wards is welcome. The steady introduction…
The BMA has urged the government to launch an independent inquiry into hospitals’ use of physician associates (PAs) to replace…
Partha Kar, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust A seminal moment beckons in the history of the…
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has shifted its stance on the regulation of physician associates (PAs) in general…