Wow, this keeps getting worse…
⚠️ The government are PAYING MORE for patients NOT to see a dr & to see SIGNIFICANTLY lower skilled & UNSAFE replacement instead?! ⚠️
The new: “Physician Associate Apprentice”
🛑 Entire course FUNDED by tax payers
🛑 Paid MORE than a doctor 4 YEARS post qualification
🛑 GP Practices PAID to recruit them
🛑 Encouraged to see patients INDEPENDENTLY (?!)
The motives of this government in introducing the PA role is clear. For anyone still in doubt, you’re either being misled or wilfully blind to the truth.
We URGENTLY need transparency, accountability & a STOP to this role before more patients lose their lives!
While most of the discourse around Physician Associates has focused on the 2yr PGDip/MSc, another route has slipped under the radar
Physician Associate Apprenticeships
Oh dear… what a can of worms…
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#PAscandal