The Pharmacists Defence Association (PDA) has published a blog from their Chair, supporting our legal action. Pharmacists  face some of the same problems that we do, with new groups of workers being used to ‘beef … Read more

It has been announced today in the Mail on Sunday that our legal case against the GMC has been joined by two families who have suffered tragic bereavements following care delivered by Physician Associates (PAs). … Read more

DAUK donates to landmark legal challenge against the GMC and calls on royal colleges to follow suit The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) is calling on royal colleges to follow their lead and donate financial support … Read more

After an incredible amount of work, led by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) with input from the Association of Anaesthetists and the specialist societies, the Anaesthesia Associate (AA) Scope of Practice has been published … Read more

This week James Catton of the Physician Associate podcast interviews Richard Marks. They discuss the background to the the legal dispute with the GMC, how it is being funded and the goals it hopes to … Read more

Our latest video features Helen Salisbury and Richard Marks explaining why we are pursuing legal action against the GMC. No national scope of practice. No national standards for supervision. No national process for getting consent. … Read more

Setting a national scope of practice for Physician Associates and Anaesthesia Associates (PAs and AAs) is the aim of our legal action. Alongside that we are calling for standard levels of supervision and processes for … Read more

The GMC’s response to our Letter Before Action is a disgrace – a blatant evasion of responsibility. What AAs and PAs can safely do, whether patients are to be told they are not being treated … Read more

We are grateful to over 2600 pledgers providing over £85,000 to our campaign. We still have some way to go, but the key mission we need to achieve is to break the campaign to the … Read more

We have released a short video to explain quickly, and to a non-medical audience, what our judicial review is about, and why both patients and doctors are uniting to support this. As the legal case … Read more

Most sensible people would think that, when a regulator faces a serious legal claim about the public interest in robust regulation of  new professions whose work inevitably involves risks to patients, the regulator would be … Read more

A Manchester Coroner has served a Regulation 28 to the GMC and Department of Health, citing many concerns regarding the tragic death of a patient. One of her key concerns is the lack of a … Read more

Our lawyers have written to the General Medical Council (GMC) to say they have acted unlawfully, by failing to set safe and lawful practice measures for AAs and PAs.  We are seeking legal challenge on … Read more

We held a very productive meeting today with our full legal team at Blackstones. We discussed many of our concerns about the way in which the GMC has introduced regulation for Anaesthesia Associates and Physician … Read more

In an exciting development, the BMA are now planning their own legal action against the GMC over the way that the regulation for Physician Associates (PAs) and Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) is being conducted. They are … Read more

Thank you for all the donations you have made to our campaign Stop misleading patients – Physician Associates cannot replace doctors. We have been fundraising for 16 days and so far have reached just over … Read more

The press have termed them fake doctors. Their correct titles are Physician Associates and Anaesthesia Associates (PAs and AAs). And as the public gradually becomes aware of the scale and gravity of the situation, now … Read more

The General Medical Council was given powers under the Medical Act 1983 to regulate doctors and protect the public from those falsely claiming to be qualified when they are not. But instead, we have watched … Read more

In March we wrote to the GMC to say that it should cease referring to AAs and PAs as ‘members of the medical professions’, ‘medical professionals’, and in ‘medical practice’. We also called for: The … Read more

Anaesthetists United response to the current GMC Consultation on Associates highlights the failure of the GMC to consult on scope of practice – arguably one of the most contentious issues in the entire debate. We … Read more

“Anaesthesia Associates are basically a solution without a problem. We need more anaesthetists who can do the work needed.” The results of an independent survey, commissioned by the Royal College of Anaesthetists by ‘Research By … Read more

The Charity Commission has agreed to reopen the enquiry into whether or not the GMC have breached their charitable objectives by taking on the regulation of anaesthesia and physician associates. It follows on from our … Read more

Today we have written an open letter to the GMC setting out how its approach to the regulation of AAs and PAs blurs the lines with doctors and constitutes a failure to fulfil its legal … Read more

The Royal College of Anaesthetists has announced today that it is writing to clinical leaders to request a pause in the recruitment of Anaesthetic Associates. The motions that were passed at the EGM last year … Read more

Anaesthetists United (AU) welcomes the recent position statement from the Association of Anaesthetists (AoA). As key stakeholders it is important that the Anaesthetic workforce takes account of the direction that has now been set out … Read more

When people talk of ‘regulation’ for Anaesthesia and Physician Associates (AA’s and PA’s) they naturally assume that this regulation will define or standardise their working patterns and set their scope of practice and levels of … Read more

On the 17th January MPs are to look at the draft Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024. But they won’t give it a proper look. It will be glossed over. Because they are using … Read more

The utilization of physician extenders in the UK healthcare system has been quite controversial recently, with topics like training and validation requirements, impact on training and staffing, all bubbling to the surface. In addition, the … Read more

“You have raised a concern about the charity acting outside of its objects and the response provided to you by the charity. We have carefully reviewed all the information you sent us. We do not … Read more

We are delighted to see the RCoA statement on their responses so far to the six motions we proposed and that were passed at the EGM – and the progress that the College is making. We … Read more