The highly respected American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) has published their critique of the Leng Review and it makes grim reading. Here is the full report: https://www.aapa.org/download/153276/?tmstv=1761916932 If you cannot be bothered to read all 12 pages, here is a summary: The AAPA’s response, prepared by doctoral-level research scholars with over 50 years of…
At the time of writing Physician Associates (PAs) have been operating in the UK health service for over 20 years. PAs receive similar training as a doctor but delivered in a more intensive way over a shorter period of time. PAs have the same clinical and history-taking skills as a doctor but their focus is…
Until relatively recently the BMA was supportive of the Physician Associate role. Then, around the time of the junior doctor strikes, a movement within the medical community called DoctorsVote (now rebranded as Doctors United) took over the BMA and adopted a populist line what viewed PAs as a threat and then demanded a more money…
(And the BMA needs to stop exploiting her family) Emily Chesterton is a beautiful, young woman who sadly died of a pulmonary embolus (PE – blood clot on her lungs) having seen a Physician Associate (PA) twice in a GP practice. Emily presented with calf pain, shortness of breath and difficulty walking. The PA concerned…
The British Medical Association (BMA) is making a lot of noise claiming that Physician Associates (PAs) are paid more in their first year than first year foundation doctors. This is obviously a powerful argument, but it does not reflect the reality. The BMA is being “economical with the truth”. Doctors’ pay is extraordinarily complex (thanks…
Ever since the junior doctor strikes of 2024 the British Medical Association (BMA) has changed its stance on Physician Associates (PAs) and kept up a barrage of attacks on PAs. What is going on, why is the BMA so concerned about this and what can be done about it? The BMA is the major trade…
The BMA’s opposition to Physician Associates (PAs) is simply part of a strategy to increase Doctors’ pay that involves the corporate bullying of a minority group of fellow healthcare professionals Not so long ago the British Medical Association took a positive and supportive view of PAs. PAs work alongside and support Doctors in their work…
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…