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HEALTH SECRETARY Jeremy Hunt caused alarm yesterday over his plans to expand the number of people working as so-called physician associates (PAs).
Mr Hunt has claimed the use of more PAs — usually science graduates who have undergone two years of intensive training — to perform certain medical duties will ease the pressure on doctors.
He told the Times newspaper: “The NHS is treating record numbers of people. That’s why we are growing the workforce further with a new class of medic so busy doctors have more time to care for patients.”
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
