What is a physician associate (PA)? The truth you need to know!

New roles within the NHS are being rolled out without proper scope, regulation and patient awareness.

References & further reading

House Of Lords debate, published Thursday, 22 February, 2024: https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/an...

Pas illegally prescribing drugs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024...

Death of patient managed by a PA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...

PA Apprenticeship Studies https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/pe...

Royal College of Surgeons Open Letter https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/-/media/File...

Never Events: https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/surgeon...

Associations of Surgeons in Training PA Report: https://www.asit.org/media/spolwm2v/a...

100% pass rate of PA exams: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-offic....

Learning neurosurgery ‘on the job’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023...

PA job advert paediatric hepatology: https://beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...

Concern over Pas working beyond scope: https://integratedcarejournal.com/bma...

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