What comes next after the extraordinary general meeting on physician associates at the RCP?

On 13 March an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) debated five motions on the use of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS.1 Four of the motions, relating to their scope of practice, accountability, evaluation, and how PAs affect the training opportunities of doctors—not just those in formal training programmes—were supported by both the RCP and the Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA). What generated considerable controversy was motion 5, which called for caution in the pace and scale of the rollout of PAs ahead of full regulation being in place.RCP senior leadership decided to take an active stance opposing motion 5 rather than a neutral one, a move that was always going to be a high stakes risk, and so it turned out to be. This was a missed opportunity for senior leadership to show people they were not taking “sides” and were simply facilitating…
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