AU + BMA v GMC
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
Progress report 18/6/24
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
Are you voting to replace doctors?
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
GMC Legal Challenge
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
So Associates are what, exactly?
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
GMC Consultation – Scope of Practice and Consent
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
The RCoA Survey results
“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
Charity commission to reopen GMC enquiry
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
Bad regulatory practice
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
College calls for a pause in recruitment of Associates
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. … Read more