Following publication of the BMA’s position of the scope of practice of physician associates, today the BMA has published guidance for doctors who supervise PAs and other medical associate professionals.…
The Royal College of Physicians has recently proposed 16 receommendations relating to physician associates in the UK. Managed voluntary register Among the 16 proposals that were presented to the RCP…
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Council has published an update on its work into the physician associate profession. Following the extraordinary general meeting of the RCP in March 2024,…
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has commissioned an independent review to examine leadership and internal processes, following the fall out of the recent extraordinary general meeting about physician associates.…
Time to act, time to VOTE. When the FPA opens voting to its members after the AGM today 29/4/24, to open the voting to become an independent organisation, we must…
The Faculty of Physician Associates is to become independent from the Royal College of Physicians. The Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA) was created at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP)…
The RCP recently held an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to discuss physician associates. The EGM was held virtually and in the RCP at Regent’s Park building with around 100 doctors…
The deadline to register with the Faculty of Physician Associates for the May 2024 Physician Associate National Examination (PANE) is approaching fast. The PANE is open to graduates of UK…
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”…
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) recently held a meeting to discuss the growing role of Physician Associates (PAs) in healthcare. The good news? The survey results showed a strong…
