Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72585

Physician Assistants: Redundancy

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent Royal College of General Practitioners guidance on levels of redundancies among GP physician associates.

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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