Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21712
Resident Doctors: Physician Associates
Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 13 January 2025
Question
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing a Physician Associate to Junior Doctor conversion course.
Answer
Karin SmythThere is no training pathway specifically designed for a physician associate to become a doctor in the United Kingdom. To become a doctor in the UK, an individual is required to complete either an undergraduate degree or a graduate-entry programme in medi...
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