The proposed framework for regulation of physician associates is \u2018not fit for purpose\u2019, says DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes.\r\n\r\nThe General Medical Council (GMC) will begin regulating physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) from tomorrow (Friday 13 December).\r\n\r\nRegistration for PAs and AAs will open from Monday (16 December). A small number will receive an invitation to apply for registration before the end of December.\r\n\r\nAll PAs and AAs on existing voluntary registers will receive their invitations by the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Fernandes said huge concerns still remained about the proposed regulation framework for physician associates.\r\n\r\nShe said: \u201cWhile regulation of any health professional is welcome, it is only as good as the nature of the regulation.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe urge the GMC to address the concerns raised by DAUK, royal colleges, BMA and swathes of the medical profession.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe proposed framework for regulation is not fit for purpose and will not protect patients.\r\n\r\n\u201cNor will it protect doctors, who the GMC hold responsible for the supervision of PAs and AAs, often when they are not necessarily able, aware, or at times appropriate.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ve always said that PAs and AAs are and can be valuable members of the healthcare team, but only when their role is compatible with their non-medical training and knowledge, and when appropriately placed by their employer.\r\n\r\n\u201cTheir employer should ensure they are supervised and those that are supervising and responsible have full knowledge of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Fernandes also responded to \u2018misleading information\u2019 about the historic role of PAs in the NHS\r\n\r\nShe said: \u201cPAs in their current form have not been in the NHS for 20 years.\r\n\r\n\u201cMisleading information about this and belittling concerns about the roles of PAs and AAs by alleging that doctors are being protectionist or outwardly toxic in the social media space is disingenuous.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt does not address the real concerns that we will continue to voice in the name of patient safety.\u201d\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":" The proposed framework for regulation of physician associates is \u2018not fit for purpose\u2019, says DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes. The General Medical Council (GMC) will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,58],"tags":[635,116,644,654,636],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dauk-news","category-the-nhs","tag-general-medical-council","tag-gmc","tag-ms-helen-fernandes","tag-physician-associate","tag-physician-associates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324","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=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}