Physician Associates (PAs), Anaesthetic Associates (AAs) and Doctor’s Assistants (DAs) are all separate and well-defined roles within the NHS. These professionals work within multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) across the UK, but…
The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) released a statement in an apparent dismissal of recent “limitations” proposed for Physician Associates (PAs) by the British Medical Association (BMA). The BMA, a…
NHS England has ordered hospitals to stop using physician associates (PAs) on doctors’ rotas. NHS England wrote to hospital trusts this week to say that such staff are “not substitutes”…
Last week, NHS England reiterated its position on employing PAs, confirming ‘PAs are not a substitute for doctors; they are trained to work collaboratively with other health professionals as supplementary…
The RCP have pledged to release additional supportive guidance documents for physician associates, covering a range of key topics to help inform and guide the profession, the wider healthcare workforce…
There have been angry comments posted online against a Physician Associate job advert, which sought a PA to supervise colleagues including junior doctors and nurses. A doctor shared passages of…
As we continue to digest everything contained in the recently released NHS long term workforce plan, it is becoming increasingly clear that physician associates are expected to play a key…
The government has finally released the long-awaited NHS workforce plan. The release comes at a time when public dissatisfaction with NHS services is at an all-time high, with the highest…
