Role of Physician and Anaesthetic Associates in UK healthcare challenged in largest ever review

Published on March 7, 2025

A new rapid systematic review published today by researchers from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has found little evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetists associates (AAs) in the UK, raising critical questions about the rapid expansion of these roles in the NHS.
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