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CLAUDIA WEBBE called on the government today to reverse “dangerous” changes to new medical associate roles in the NHS that have been linked to at least two avoidable patient deaths.
The Leicester East MP had previously objected last week in Parliament against government attempts to railroad through new measures to regulate medical associates by the General Medical Council.
Agreeing with concerns raised by doctors and their representative bodies, she highlighted how, through the NHS Workplace Plan, the government is expanding the use of associate roles where qualified medical professionals should be used.
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