Official Physicians Associate Applicants Thread 2025
If you're applying to uni for Physicians Associate courses for 2025 entry, introduce yourself to fellow applicants, ask questions and share your experience of applying so far:
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Original post by selinaxo
Hi for those who are applying for 2025, please tell us the name of the university you are applying to
I'm applying to undergrad courses at edge hill and UcLan
Original post by 11_angel_11
I'm applying to undergrad courses at edge hill and UcLan
Nice. Good luck
Is anyone still thinking of applying for 2025 considering the
1) recent announcement by the RCGP saying that they oppose PAs in general practice
2) upcoming scope of practice from the RCP and other Royal colleges
3) court case against the GMC by AnaesthetistsUnited and the family of Emily Chesterton
1) recent announcement by the RCGP saying that they oppose PAs in general practice
2) upcoming scope of practice from the RCP and other Royal colleges
3) court case against the GMC by AnaesthetistsUnited and the family of Emily Chesterton
Original post by Blueberrypop
Is anyone still thinking of applying for 2025 considering the
1) recent announcement by the RCGP saying that they oppose PAs in general practice
2) upcoming scope of practice from the RCP and other Royal colleges
3) court case against the GMC by AnaesthetistsUnited and the family of Emily Chesterton
1) recent announcement by the RCGP saying that they oppose PAs in general practice
2) upcoming scope of practice from the RCP and other Royal colleges
3) court case against the GMC by AnaesthetistsUnited and the family of Emily Chesterton
Its a dead end. I'm a jobless PA with thousands of pounds debt. We were conned massively. Wish I never did it.
Original post by PA screwed
Its a dead end. I'm a jobless PA with thousands of pounds debt. We were conned massively. Wish I never did it.
When gmc regulation will come into place in 2024, there will be jobs available
Original post by PA screwed
Its a dead end. I'm a jobless PA with thousands of pounds debt. We were conned massively. Wish I never did it.
Original post by selinaxo
When gmc regulation will come into place in 2024, there will be jobs available
How do you know that ? PAs don’t even have to be on the GMC register until 2026 .
The RCGP and BMA GP both oppose PAs in GP because they think that it’s unsafe . The RCP and other royal colleges are all writing scope which will limit what PAs can do. If employers go against this and write job descriptions asking them to do these things then they don’t have a leg to stand on when things go wrong .
GMC are refusing to provide scope, leaving it to Royal Colleges. Literally all the Royal Colleges - RCP, RCGP, RCPCH etc are all saying PA either have no place in their speciality or need to be phased out.
If you seriously think simply being added to a register will make things better...WOW.
Documentaries, coroner rulings, news articles on top of above. Seriously PAs are COOKED.
If you seriously think simply being added to a register will make things better...WOW.
Documentaries, coroner rulings, news articles on top of above. Seriously PAs are COOKED.
The GMC has said that the scope of practice should be left to the Royal colleges.
The Royal Colleges (being populated by doctors of course) have largely said no thanks: the scope should be set by the GMC.
There is now a long list of groups who broadly oppose the use of PAs in practice. I do not in the main take much notice of the media or news but by my count at least, this appears to include the Royal college of General practitioners, Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal college of Psychiatry and the Royal college of Radiologists. There may well be others, I am sure someone else knows more than me.
The Physician Assistant role in the United States is a very different role in which people are highly trained, highly skilled and very well remunerated.
Like it or not, it seems the government want around 10,000 of these roles in the NHS. I believe the money should instead be used to train up and pay experienced nurses more for being nurses and also open perhaps a band 4/5 position for the most senior healthcare assistants. The NHS perpetually struggles with retaining it's most skilled and experienced nurses and HCAs and the whole system would run far smoother if these were retained and individually invested in in my view.
The Royal Colleges (being populated by doctors of course) have largely said no thanks: the scope should be set by the GMC.
There is now a long list of groups who broadly oppose the use of PAs in practice. I do not in the main take much notice of the media or news but by my count at least, this appears to include the Royal college of General practitioners, Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal college of Psychiatry and the Royal college of Radiologists. There may well be others, I am sure someone else knows more than me.
The Physician Assistant role in the United States is a very different role in which people are highly trained, highly skilled and very well remunerated.
Like it or not, it seems the government want around 10,000 of these roles in the NHS. I believe the money should instead be used to train up and pay experienced nurses more for being nurses and also open perhaps a band 4/5 position for the most senior healthcare assistants. The NHS perpetually struggles with retaining it's most skilled and experienced nurses and HCAs and the whole system would run far smoother if these were retained and individually invested in in my view.
Yes and now the Leng review .
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