Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71184
Physician Assistants
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Question
Navendu Mishra
Labour — Stockport
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the public is made aware of the change from Physician Associate to Physician Assistant.
Answer
Karin SmythThe principal question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician assistants (PAs) and physician assistants in anaesthesia (PAAs) (still legally known as physician associates and anaesthesia associates) are safe and effective. The Rev...
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