Question follow-through · 74650
Physician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a description of the new job role for physician associates before implementation of the Leng Review.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
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- Jhoots Pharmacy · 8 Sept 2025
- Medicine: Research · 12 Sept 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a description of the new job role for physician associates before implementation of the Leng Review.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
NHS England has published a letter and a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ document, setting out what the accepted Leng Review recommendations mean for employees and employers, both in the immediate and longer term. The document is available at the following l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pharmacy: Standards
5 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of access to prescription medicines in towns where a single operator pharmacy fails to meet its contractual obligations.
Pharmacy: Contracts
5 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the criteria for approving operators to take over NHS community pharmacies is sufficiently robust to prevent service failures.
Jhoots Pharmacy
5 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the the suitability of Jhoots Pharmacy as a provider of NHS pharmacy services.
Jhoots Pharmacy
8 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Jhoots Pharmacy on unpaid (a) staff wages and (b) suppliers.
Medicine: Research
12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide support to the Global Surgery Network for projects in (a) Nigeria, (b) India, (c) Mexico and (d) other countries.
Medicine: Research
12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide funding to the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery after June 2026.
General Practitioners: Pay
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of GP contract uplifts on the ability of practices to fund pay rises for (a) practice nurses and (b) other non-doctor staff.
General Practitioners: Pay
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a dedicated mechanism to fund pay increases for practice nurses and other non-doctor staff employed by GP practices.
Health Professions: Pay
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure parity between pay awards for (a) practice nurses, (b) other primary care staff and (c) staff whose pay is determined by national NHS pay review bodies.
Nurses: Pay
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ringfence funding for general practice nursing pay in line with the NHS Agenda for Change.
Nurses: Conditions of Employment
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will align the terms and conditions for general practice nurses with those in the Agenda for Change.
Nurses: Conditions of Employment
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) job security and (b) employment conditions for general practice nurses.