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Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether legal costs associated with the case between the General Medical Council (GMC) and Anaesthetists United, regarding regulation of Physician and Anaesthesia Associates will be paid for by the
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether legal costs associated with the case between the General Medical Council (GMC) and Anaesthetists United, regarding regulation of Physician and Anaesthesia Associates will be paid for by the
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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9 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government is funding the General Medical Council (GMC) to undertake the work required to introduce regulations for Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and Physician Associates (PAs), to avoid doctors paying for this through their registrant fees. A longstan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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