{"id":121,"date":"2024-04-04T08:51:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T08:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:37:53","slug":"why-the-bma-objects-to-pas-but-not-acps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/why-the-bma-objects-to-pas-but-not-acps\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the BMA is campaigning against PAs, but not ACPs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019 union and highlights that <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>BMA\u2019s stance against PAs is simply corporate bullying<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) are healthcare practitioners who have undertaken an on-the-job Masters level training, usually over 3 years. To be an ACP, you can be from any clinical background, eg. midwife, dietitian, physiotherapist but most commonly ACPs are from a nursing background. ACPs are not directly regulated, rather they are regulated by their originating regulator, so a nurse ACP will be regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council while a physiotherapist would be regulated by the the Health and Care Professions Council.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>ACPs get paid at band 7 level (\u00a343-50k) during training and, once qualified, are <strong>paid at Band 8a (\u00a350-57k)<\/strong>. By contrast, PAs start on band 6 pay (\u00a335-42) and progress to band 7 pay after one year. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Trainee ACPs are (technically) supernumerary<\/strong>. Theoretically a training ACP works wherever there is the greatest training need.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Qualified ACPs are counted in the numbers<\/strong>. ACPs often fill positions on the medical rota which would otherwise be occupied by doctors.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>ACPs perform <strong>advanced clinical procedures<\/strong>, for example lumbar puncture and ascitic drains.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>ACPs get <strong>one day a week<\/strong> for study and admin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">There are lots of similarities between ACPs and PAs; however the BMA is only objecting to PAs. So <strong>why is the BMA not campaigning against ACPs?<\/strong> The answer is simple:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ACPs are predominantly nurses and <strong>if the BMA goes against ACPs they are up against 600,000 nurses<\/strong>. Not even the BMA is stupid enough to pick that fight. Instead, the BMA\u2019s strategy is to pick on 4,000 PAs who do not pose a threat to UK doctors. And let\u2019s call it what it is \u2013 bullying. The BMA strategy against PAs is nothing less than corporate bullying. Over 80% of PAs feel their emotional welfare has been impacted by the BMA campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We need ACPs, we need PAs. <strong>Diversity builds effective teams<\/strong>. ACPs and PAs add diversity and perspective to medical teams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The BMA needs to recognise that multi-disciplinary working and diversity are here to stay. And Doctors will always be a key part of the medical team.&nbsp;<strong>The BMA needs to create a new strategy that genuinely embraces multi-disciplinary working<\/strong>, then they can be worthy members of the team that shapes the future of medicine in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>There are teams of anti-PA doctors pushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/fact-check-countering-the-misinformation-from-the-bma-about-physician-associates\/\">anti-PA agenda<\/a>. This is pure protectionism from vested interests. You can see their thinking below:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acps-doctors-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acps-doctors-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acps-doctors-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acps-doctors-768x1664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acps-doctors-709x1536.jpg 709w, https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acps-doctors.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out our latest article about <a href=\"https:\/\/thephysicianassociate.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/bma-anti-pa-strategy-backfires\/\">ACPs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BMA is putting a lot of energy into campaigning against Physician Associates. 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