{"id":1316,"date":"2024-11-21T17:49:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/physician-associates-review-dauk-in-the-media\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T17:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:49:42","slug":"physician-associates-review-dauk-in-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/physician-associates-review-dauk-in-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician associates review: DAUK in the media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After 18 months advocating for a pause in the roll-out of physician associates, DAUK representatives spoke to the media to welcome the review into PA roles in the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Steve Taylor, GP spokesperson, called for an immediate pause in the use of physician associates in general practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the review was \u2018overdue\u2019. He added the use of PAs should be paused until the review was completed and their role was clearly defined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Taylor told i News<\/a>: \u201cThere are concerns PAs are being put in positions they\u2019re not trained for, concerns for patients, and concerns for doctors that are enlisted to supervise them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other DAUK committee members also spoke in the media about the announcement of the physician associates review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same article in i News<\/a>, Dr Matt Kneale said: \u201cIt\u2019s about patient safety and about the appropriate way of regulating and setting the scope for these roles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Kneale welcomed the review in an interview with doctors.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDAUK were early advocates for pausing these roles,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For 18 months, we have worked with other medical organisations, the press, and politicians to bring accountability and awareness to a previously unregulated landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our chair Helen Fernandes acknowledged the review ‘may be unsettling to many PAs’, their teams, and patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in Pulse Today<\/a>, she added: \u201cWhich is why we want to see it conducted and concluded in a timely manner without affecting the quality and depth of the review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Fernandes also spoke about the physician associates review on national radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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