The GMC said on Twitter/X that it needed to ‘review and agree fee levels’ in preparation for the regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs). The General Medical…
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…
Walking through the houses of Parliament, on my way to the 17th January Select Committee, initially gave me a mixture of intimidation and eagerness. The grandeur of this place, its…
Today marks the next step on the journey for GMC regulation of the physician associate profession. But what exactly has just happened? Lat year, the government released the outcome of…
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh have released a statement about physician associates. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a medical royal college in Scotland. It…
In February 2021, Skills for Health were commissioned by Health Education England (now NHS England Workforce Training and Education) to lead the creation of a Core Capabilities Framework (CCF) for…
In July 2019, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), with the support of the four UK governments, appointed the General Medical Council (GMC) to regulate physician associates and…
Physician associates (PAs) will be given a seven-digit GMC registration number with an alphabetical prefix, in order to distinguish them from doctors, Sir Charlie Massey, the boss of the GMC…
We had the pleasure of catching up with our new VP Chandran in his home town of Milton Keynes. As many of you may not know much about Chandran, we…
