Physician Assistants: Redundancy
Commons · Question 72585 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent Royal College of General Practitioners guidance on levels of redundancies among GP physician associates.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 11 Sep 2025
The principle question of the Leng Review was to assess whether the roles of physician assistants and physician assistants in anaesthesia, still legally known as anaesthesia associates and physician associates, are safe and effective. The review’s finding...