Responding to concerns (voiced for a while by the BMA) Wes Streeting has announced a review of Physician Associates, who have been deployed quite widely in the NHS to free up doctors time, by taking on roles that did not necessarily require high levels of medical knowledge and/or experience.

For critics the problem has been both how such PAs have been presented to patients, and a stretching of the remit beyond a level that doctors think is medically safe.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/20/wes-streeting-review-physician-associates-nhs