Letters: Patients deserve to know that their health is in the hands of a real doctor

SIR – You report (December 11) concern on the part of the British Medical Association and other medical organisations that a “blurring of the roles” of physician associates – who have no formal medical training – and fully qualified doctors could contribute to “a dangerous ambiguity in patient care”.

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