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Leading medics sound alarm over physician associates

Source: PA Wire

Physician associates ‘pose a risk to patient safety’ leading medics have said after a new poll showed the vast majority of doctors in the UK are concerned about the expansion of the positions in the NHS.

A poll of 18,000 UK doctors found 87% believe the way physician associates (PAs) or anaesthesia associates (AAs) work in the NHS is “always or sometimes

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