A group of senior doctors, is planning to sue the General Medical Council over the NHS s growing reliance on physician associates, following a spate of deaths including actress Emily Chesterton.
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After almost a year of industrial action by doctors in England, with several walkouts over recent months, there are signs that progress is being made towards avoiding further strikes. The government has agreed to hold talks with specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors, junior doctors, and consultants (doi:10.1136/bmj.p2464 doi:10.1136/bmj.p2420).12
But another dispute is also causing debate among doctors. Two extraordinary meetings taking place this month in the UK consider the role and scope of physician associates and anaesthesia associates in the NHS. The Royal College of Physicians was due to hold a council meeting this week to discuss growing concern among members and fellows (doi:10.1136/bmj.p2375).3 And the strength and depth of disquiet among doctors was shown at a general meeting …
The Royal College of Anaesthetists will hold an extraordinary general meeting in October after a call from its members.1 A grassroots group of UK anaesthetists called Anaesthetists United have proposed six resolutions to be discussed and voted on at the meeting on 17 October, including the expansion in anaesthesia associates.
Anaesthesia associates, formerly known as physician assistants (anaesthesia), provide anaesthetic and perioperative care under the supervision of an anaesthetist and are currently unregulated. The role is due to be regulated by the General Medical Council as early …