Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73650
Physician Assistants: Redundancy
Tabled: 1 September 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 has made an estimate of the potential impact of his proposed reforms to the Physician Associate role on the number of redundancies of Physician Associates.
Answer
Karin SmythThe principle question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician and anaesthesia associate, which we recommend should now be known as physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, are safe and effective. The review’s ...
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