Anaesthetists United

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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, … 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 … 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 … Read more