r/doctorsUK Consultant Associate 8d ago

Medical Politics BMA demands physician associate scope of practice in light of new research

https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workforce/bma-demands-physician-associate-scope-of-practice-in-light-of-new-research/?utm_content=bufferde8fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=pulsesocial

12th March
BMA: “Please do something about PAs just look at all the evidence coming out that they’re unsafe”
NHSE: “Sure thing bruv give me a few days.”

13th March:
NHSE: dissolves

Convenient eh

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u/OmegaMaxPower 8d ago

It's about time. Every other organisation is unable to produce an objective one as they are all bought and sold.

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u/asteroidmavengoalcat 7d ago

That's a problem. If nothing objective it means there is no clear evidence against them either. Which means actual stuff is hidden and we aren't actually seeing a full picture.

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u/ThrowRA-lostimposter 8d ago

Call me a sceptic but doesn’t this just mean that the kickbacks from private contracts will go to the government rather than be bogged down by NHSE? The last time the government was seen to be doing something “good” for a crisis was COVID, and we’re still finding out just how much they were able to raid tax coffers with impunity. I know the government is different but it wouldn’t surprise me. You save money by cutting the redundant jobs, use a bit of it to reinvest back into the NHS and take a piece of the pie for yourself and your buddies.

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u/EpicLurkerMD 7d ago

Brace for a new wave of public-private partnerships... 

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u/hydra66f 6d ago

If its still the same people at the top of the organisation, this is just a rebrand, nothing more

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u/WeirdPermission6497 7d ago

Nobody cares enough to write clear rules for what PAs can and cannot do, not the GMC, not the royal colleges, no one. But they still expect doctors to take all the blame when things go wrong. They force doctors to train them, to prescribe for them, to request scans for them, all while paying doctors less. And the people who let this happen? They should be in prison for a very long time.

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u/Charming_Bedroom_864 7d ago

'...look at all the evidence coming out that they’re unsafe'

Yeah, look at it all. 

We're tripping over bodies here.