DAUK\u2019s Dr Matt Kneale has thanked peers for highlighting safety concerns about the roll out of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS.\r\nIt follows a debate in the House of Lords on the Leng review into PAs and anaesthesia associates (AAs).\r\n\r\nThe debate was secured by Green Party peer Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. She asked the Government what the review will cover, and what actions it plans to take in advance of the outcome.\r\n\r\nDr Kneale, DAUK committee member and former co-chair, was mentioned in the debate. Afterwards he commented on the proceedings on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter<\/a>, he said: \u201cThank you Baroness Keeley of Worsley and Baroness Bennett for bringing medical profession and the public’s concerns to this debate.\u201d\r\n\r\nDAUK has welcomed the review<\/a> but called for it to be open and thorough, with patient safety at its core.\r\n\r\nHe said speaking out had brought about the review. DAUK has been working with medical organisations, politicians and the media to highlight to the public the rollout of physician associates.\r\n\r\n\u201cWith most healthcare interventions, you establish risk before rollout, and certainly before extending the rollout after concerns have been raised,\u201d he said.\r\n\r\nDr Kneale expressed concerns that supervision of PAs and AAs has been inadequate, as well as concerns about national standards and consistency in competence.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe only framework we have is a university qualification with, in some cases, a 100 per cent pass rate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also expressed concern that PAs are replacing doctors on rotas, and questioned whether they could \u2018safely diagnose without the same training\u2019.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s clear many doctors share significant concerns,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the Royal College of Physicians EGM<\/a>, motions highlighting these issues were backed by more than 90 per cent of consultants. Those supervising PAs. This is not a fringe view.\u201d\r\n\r\nHe added: \u201cWe need transparency and honesty when discussing the scope, competence, and limits of PAs. Without this, I have little faith in the upcoming review.\u201d\r\n\r\nWatch the House of Lords debate<\/a> on the review of physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles. This video is available for the next 11 months and requires a TV licence to watch it.\r\n\r\nSupport our work by becoming a member<\/a> or donating to our Go Fund Me<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DAUK\u2019s Dr Matt Kneale has thanked peers for highlighting safety concerns about the roll out of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS. It follows a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,58],"tags":[38,435,17,654,636],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dauk-news","category-the-nhs","tag-dauk","tag-dauk-news","tag-dr-matt-kneale","tag-physician-associate","tag-physician-associates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Physician associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n