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

Health Secretary Wes Streeting arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Patient safety will be at the forefront of changes to the roles of NHS physician associates (PAs), who should “never be used to replace doctors”, the Health Secretary has said.

Wes Streeting pledged to implement in full the findings of a review which said PAs must not diagnose patients when they come into A&E or GP practices and must be renamed as “physician assistants”.