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

A new study has found no evidence that physician associates in the NHS are safe (PA) - (PA Wire)

Allowing physician associates (PAs) to take on the responsibilities of NHS doctors costs lives, an expert from the University of Oxford has said.

Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, lead author of new research on the issue, said not a single study has looked at whether PAs or anaesthetic associates (AAs) in the NHS are safe.