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Physican Associate Leng Review

Please could the universities advise what will happen now that physician associates are now called physician assistants and are not able to diagnose?
What do current applicants and students do? Will they receive compensation ?
When will the courses be rewritten to reflect the changes by the government?

Reply 1

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by Blueberrypop
Please could the universities advise what will happen now that physician associates are now called physician assistants and are not able to diagnose?
What do current applicants and students do? Will they receive compensation ?
When will the courses be rewritten to reflect the changes by the government?

you are incorrect for saying 'physician associates are now called physician assistants'. these are recommendations.

Reply 2

Original post
by Blueberrypop
Please could the universities advise what will happen now that physician associates are now called physician assistants and are not able to diagnose?
What do current applicants and students do? Will they receive compensation ?
When will the courses be rewritten to reflect the changes by the government?

maybe when/(if) the government adopts the 'RECOMMENDATIONS'??

Reply 3

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by coolio12
you are incorrect for saying 'physician associates are now called physician assistants'. these are recommendations.

Nope , you’re wrong . Wes Streeting has put this in place IMMEDIATELY. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/response-to-the-recommendations-of-the-independent-review-of-physician-associates-and-anaesthesia-associates-the-leng-review/

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by coolio12
maybe when/(if) the government adopts the 'RECOMMENDATIONS'??
https://x.com/skynews/status/1945497736385564935?s=46

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Reply 6

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by coolio12
maybe when/(if) the government adopts the 'RECOMMENDATIONS'??

Name change and role change was immediate as the recommendations were accepted immediately by the NHS.

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