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APAA response to Regulation Consultation The APAA welcomes the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) Consultation Response to the Regulation of Medical Associate Professionals in the UK, reaffirming the government’s intention to [...]

RCoA President discusses Physicians’ Assistants (Anaesthesia) regulation The RCoA President Professor Ravi Mahajan, discusses the recent announcement that Physicians’ Assistants (Anaesthesia) are to be regulated, writing in the Department of Health and Social [...]

Case studies featuring Physicians' Assistants (Anaesthesia) [Anaesthesia Associates] NHS Employers have published 2 case studies, one from Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and a second from Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. [...]

New video introducing the PA(A) role by NHS Employers NHS Employers have created a short film designed to illustrate the role of PA(A)'s, with interviews from Consultant Anaesthetists, Surgeons and current PA(A)'s. [...]

Video on PA(A)s by RCoA A short video developed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists explaining the Physicians' Assistant (Anaesthesia) role. With over 170 qualified PA(A)s currently in practice (May 2018) across the [...]

Voluntary Register - RCoA All PA(A) are reminded that a voluntary register is the first step towards a statutory register, held by a regulator. PA(A)s are reminded to join the Royal College of [...]