'Cut-price' physician associates illegally ordered more than 1,000 NHS hospital tests including X-rays and CT scans despite not having any formal medical training - as doctors slam 'direct threat to patient safety'

Physician associates working at a Leeds NHS trust ordered 1,168 tests which expose patients to radiation. Emily Chesterton (pictured), 30, after a clot was written off as anxiety by a PA.

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