Mar 19, 2024, 23:39
Rachel Clarke: In innumerable NHS hospitals physician associates – 2 year degree, no medical school – are being used to replace doctors on on-call rotas
Rachel Clarke, Palliative Care Doctor and Writer, shared the following post by Janet Eastham, Investigations Reporter at Telegraph, on X, adding the following:
“In innumerable NHS hospitals physician associates – 2 year degree, no medical school – are being used to replace doctors on on-call rotas.
This is a patient safety scandal.
These trusts are colluding with a govt agenda to replace doctors with doctor substitutes.
Please read.”
Quoting Janet Eastham’s post:
“NEW: NHS England orders hospitals to stop using physician associates to cover doctors’ shifts after Telegraph investigation reveals that the practice is widespread.”
Read further.
Source: Rachel Clarke/X and Janet Eastham/X
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