The BMA is putting a lot of energy into campaigning against Physician Associates. But another group of clinicians, called Advanced Clinical Practitioners, is not in the firing line. When you find out about ACPs, you will discover this is another example of hypocrisy from the Doctors’ union and highlights that the BMA’s stance against PAs…
Junior doctors have been striking on and off since July 2023 with still no resolution to their pay issue in sight. The BMA is quick to blame the Government but I think the BMA has a poor strategy. The BMA has not learned the lessons of 2009 and seems to be unable to change their…
This article is written in response to the campaign against Physician Associates (PAs) by the British Medical Association (BMA). As a PA my job is to work alongside and support Doctors. I am not a Doctor and I do not want to be a doctor. I work in a hospital and have been a PA…
It is well-known that emergency departments in the UK are struggling with a shortage of trained clinical staff and unprecedented numbers of a patients. The purpose of this paper is not to examine the reasons for this situation but rather to look at the evidence suggesting how and why physician associates are an effective solution….