Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19194

Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Adrian Ramsay

Green PartyWaveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on outlining the clinical scope of the (a) role and (b) duties undertaken by (i) physician and (ii) anaesthesia associates.

Answer

Karin Smyth
On 20 November 2024, the Government announced that it had commissioned an independent review of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), led by Professor Gillian Leng CBE. The review will consider the safety of the roles, and their con...

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