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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Storm Newton

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Physician associates who mislead patients could face serious misconduct probe - The Untold Story

The role of a PA is to ‘support doctors in the diagnosis and management of patients’ (PA) - (PA Archive)

Physician associates who “deliberately” mislead patients about their status could be investigated for serious misconduct under new guidelines from the medical regulator.

The General Medical Council (GMC) has published its proposed rules, standards and guidance on regulating physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) following a consultation.

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