most concerning is the angle of attack the BMA are taking against our PAs - their rhetoric and "MAPs safe scope of practice" completely disregards the experience and abilities of PAs... How have we in the medical community allowed this scapegoating?
"Secondly, where was the voice of the large majority of perfectly reasonable doctors? The briefings from the NHS are insipid. Leading doctors give dog whistle speeches that played into the shroud-waving safety narrative."
The BMA has seen fit to make clear that their scope of practice document is a position statement and that “this guidance should not be treated as advice to members on their current interactions with MAPs in relation to issues such as supervision”.
@hkg294
Hi Heather,
Thanks for raising your concern. This document was causing genuine stress on our members. All we have demonstrated is the missing elements showing CPD and the key relationship between the two. As you can see by the grey a PA does not compete.
@SaraTon08500527
@McdowallRose
Can I just say we are aware of your work and thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Please feel free to get in touch. We would very much like to liaise with you regarding what we are seeing.
Thank you to who added the additional context to the image. We felt in design that by not filling out the colour scale on the left we clearly demonstrated that GPS train longer but PAs continue to study under them. The additional footnotes help for people who did not see this.
@DoctorDemetris
@Dr_DeanS
@SaraTon08500527
Can we just say, what you've done today takes incredible bravery. We thank you for standing up for the truth against such obvious deception. You could have done what the vast majority have done and remain silent. Thank you.
@DrGailBusby
Hi Gail, this is an infographic that was submitted to us by doctors from doctors. All we have done is edit the PA side with factual information about the long-term training post qualification that was lacking from the original image and show how we work supervised by a GP. Thanks