Physician associates: GPs vote to phase out “fundamentally unsafe” role in general practice

The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee for the UK has voted in favour of stopping hiring physician associates (PAs) in general practice and for existing roles to be phased out.

At a GPC UK meeting on 17 October an overwhelming majority of committee members voted in favour of a motion saying that it believes that the role of PAs in general practice was “fundamentally unsafe.”

The motion, which was passed in all parts, stated:

1. There should be no new appointments of physician associates in general practice

2. The role of physician associates in …