Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70219
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, what steps he is taking to support the future employment of people undergoing physicians associate and anaesthesia associate training, following the publication of The Leng Review.
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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