Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70216
Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Question
Tom Rutland
Labour — East Worthing and Shoreham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent report entitled The Leng review: an independent review into physician associate and anaesthesia associate professions, published on 16 July 2025, what steps is his
Answer
Karin SmythThe principal question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician associate and anaesthesia associate, now to be known as physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, are safe and effective. The review’s findings were...
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