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Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

GPs using fewer physician associates, survey suggests

More than 3,500 PAs and 100 anaesthesia associates are working in the NHS (Lynne Cameron/PA) - (PA Archive)

GPs are cutting back on the use of physician associates (PAs), polling suggests.

A new survey, conducted by the GP magazine Pulse, found that 21% of 425 GP networks in England said they had reduced PA numbers in the last year.

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