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Physician associates should ‘never be used to replace doctors’ – Streeting

Wes Streeting pledged to implement in full the findings of a review which said physician associates must not diagnose patients.

Evening Standard

Can Physician Associates Diagnose A Patient? Questions Asked As Salford Woman Misdiagnosed By NHS PA

Salford woman's death after PA misdiagnosis raises concerns over NHS use of unsupervised Physician Associates and patient safety regulations.

International Business Times UK

Physician associates ‘should be banned from seeing patients without review’

A new report suggests a major change to the role of PAs in the NHS after it acknowledged they have been used as substitutes for doctors.

Evening Standard

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GMC approves 36 courses to teach more than 1,000 NHS physician associates

New accreditation for PAs and anaesthesia associates is ‘important milestone’ for patient assurance, regulator says

The Guardian - UK

Allowing physician associates to take on doctors’ responsibilities ‘costs lives’

The Royal College of Physicians and the British Medical Association (BMA) are among those who have raised concerns about the use of PAs and AAs.

The Independent UK

Almost no evidence that employing physician associates in NHS is safe, say Oxford researchers

Experts said studies relating to the role of PAs and anaesthetic associates (AAs) were severely lacking

The Independent UK

Little evidence that employing physician associates in NHS is safe – research

Experts said there was a mismatch between policymakers’ enthusiasm for expanding these roles and the lack of rigorous research.

The Independent UK

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Wes Streeting orders review of physician associates’ role in NHS

About 3,500 PAs work in England but there is growing alarm in medical profession about patient safety

The Guardian - UK

Patients who ask for doctors are being seen by physician associates instead – what’s the difference?

What is a physician associate?

The Independent UK

One in five patients don’t know the difference between doctors and physician associates, watchdog warns

Charities call for NHS to make information on physician associates more accessible to patients

The Independent UK

What if your ‘physician’ wasn’t actually a doctor at all? Beware this new reckless experiment

The NHS says it’s not trying to replace qualified doctors with physician associates. But we can see the terrifying truth, says the palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Ban physician associates from diagnosing patients after woman's blood clot death, says doctor's union

Union warns PAs must be supervised after death of Emily Chesterton

Evening Standard

Devastated friends pay tribute to 'intelligent' actress

Hundreds of people have shared their memories of Emily

Liverpool Echo

Young actress Emily Chesterton dies suddenly

Emily Chesterton was described by friends as a "gorgeous soul" with "fantastic talent"

Liverpool Echo

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