Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72584

Physician Assistants: Redundancy

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide financial compensation to physician associates made redundant as a result of changes to clinical guidance.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The principle question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, still legally known as anaesthesia associates and physician associates, are safe and effective. The review’s finding...
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