DAUK review of the year
2024 has been another incredibly busy year for the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) – as our review of the year shows. Our volunteer team of…
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Physician associates: Our letter to the Lancet
Our chair Ms Helen Fernandes and former chair Dr Matt Kneale have called for a pause in the…
Physician associates: Regulation framework ‘not fit for purpose
The proposed framework for regulation of physician associates is ‘not fit for purpose’, says DAUK chair Ms Helen…
Physician associates: Safety concerns highlighted by peers
DAUK’s Dr Matt Kneale has thanked peers for highlighting safety concerns about the roll out of physician associates…
Patient safety fears over physician associates regulation
DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes warned the GMC risked ‘allowing a huge patient safety issue to develop in…
Physician associates: Launch of independent review welcomed
DAUK chair Helen Fernandes has welcomed the launch of an independent review of physician associate and anaesthesia associate…
Fears doctors are being replaced by physician associates
DAUK’s Dr Matt Kneale has told a national newspaper that doctors are increasingly angry at the use of…
DAUK welcomes filing of legal challenge on PA and AA regulation
DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes says it is heartening doctors are ‘standing together’ to protect patient safety following…
Physician associates: DAUK welcomes BMA support for legal challenge on regulation
DAUK today welcomed the British Medical Association’s (BMA) decision to support a legal challenge over the regulation of…
Legal challenge over PA and AA regulation ‘is everybody’s struggle’
A legal challenge over the regulation of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) ‘is everybody’s struggle’, campaigners…