Professor Leng has now completed her review into the safety and effectiveness of the physician associate and anaesthesia associate roles. The following conclusions have been made.

@RCoANews - This marks the start of a new chapter. Future changes must be protected through:.• Stronger team structures.• Clearer local roles.• Smarter workforce planning.• Better safety reporting.Read the full report here:

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@RCoANews PAs and AAs deserve clear career progression. The Review recommends:.• developing an advanced role.• further training and credentialing—aligned with Royal Colleges. • New faculties, hosted by royal colleges to ensure professional leadership, accountability and standards.

AAs should follow the interim scope set by @RCoANews.

To ensure safe, effective care, new practice boundaries are proposed for PAs:.• No undifferentiated patients.• Minimum 2 years in secondary care before primary care or mental health trusts.• No requests for ionising radiation.• Initial roles reflect defined job descriptions.

Role clarity is essential. The Review recommends renaming the roles to physician assistant and physician assistant in anaesthesia, with clearer identifiers like name badges, lanyards, and uniforms.

Last week Professor Leng spoke at the Pulse conference in Birmingham. You can find her talk here:

The conference podcast will be available to listen to in due course. Please stay up to date with the review here: . (3/3).

Topics included the history and implementation of PAs in primary care and the review's evidence base, as well as clinician and patient perspectives on their use. (2/3).

On Wednesday 11th June, Professor Leng spoke at the Pulse conference in Birmingham. Professor Leng discussed the ongoing review with interviewer @sofialind_pulse, the editor of @pulsetoday. (1/3).

Please stay up to date with the review here: (2/2).

On Tuesday 3rd June, Professor Leng spoke at the NHS Providers medical and nursing directors network event. Professor Leng discussed the aims of the review, the approaches to evidence collection, wider engagement, and the next steps. (1/2).

Please stay up to date with the review here: . .(3/3).

“The Review's aim is to provide pragmatic, sensible recommendations based on the best available evidence. Whatever speculation you might have read in the media, I will share the findings and recommendations of the report with the impacted organisations first as promised.” (2/3).

This week, in light of a media story about potential review recommendations, Professor Leng released the statement below to key stakeholders, which we are also sharing here. The Review team have not discussed recommendations, still in their draft stages, with the press. (1/3).

The final report aims to provide certainty and clarity for staff and patients across the NHS and to provide assurance for the future. (4/4).

It has been carried out amid a backdrop of understandable concerns and uncertainty for the affected staff groups, as well as confusion over transparency for patients. (3/4).

Throughout this process the Review has gathered as much information as possible from a range of sources in order to set out as comprehensive position as possible. (2/4).

At a meeting with key stakeholders Professor Leng discussed initial evidence that will inform our review into physician and anaesthesia associates. (1/4).

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