Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51223

Doctors: Training

Tabled: 9 May 2025

Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Aphra Brandreth

Conservative — Chester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered allowing medical students in their second foundation year to apply for positions that are ring-fenced for physician associates.

Answer

Karin Smyth

No such consideration has been made. The role of physician associates (PAs) is to work with and support doctors, not to replace them. To become employed as a PA, candidates will need to have completed a recognised PA qualification.Regulation of PAs by the...

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