Almost a quarter of people surveyed did not know the difference between a physician associate and a doctor, a new Healthwatch England poll has found. Medical associate professionals have been under ...

After being forced to wait days or weeks for an appointment at your GP surgery, it would be fair to assume that your consultation is going to be with a doctor. In reality, it may well be with a ...

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From her blue scrubs to her reassuring smile, the woman pictured in information posters in GP practices in Bradford certainly gave the impression she was a doctor. And the wording, ‘The Physician will ...

Physician associates will be regulated by the same watchdog as doctors under a new law to be passed this week - despite a backlash by medics. Health officials plan to massively increase the number of ...

Cases of life-threatening illness and even a death have been reported after signs were missed by a PA NINE out of ten doctors have rejected plans to increase the use of physician associates in the NHS ...

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