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Physician associates in general practice
Physician associates: avoiding blame culture
BMJ 2023; 382 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2000 (Published 04 September 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:p2000
- David Hodgkinson, consultant in emergency medicine
- Ipswich Hospital, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Ipswich, UK
- david.hodgkinson{at}esneft.nhs.uk
In Salisbury’s article about the death of a woman who was seen twice by physician associates (PAs), she concludes that the PA training scheme has “led to a dangerous dilution of standards.”1
I have worked in NHS acute and emergency care, as a junior doctor and then as a consultant, over a 40 year career. …
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