Physician Assistants
Commons · Question 71184 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the public is made aware of the change from Physician Associate to Physician Assistant.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Sep 2025
The principal question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician assistants (PAs) and physician assistants in anaesthesia (PAAs) (still legally known as physician associates and anaesthesia associates) are safe and effective. The Rev...