Anaesthesia associates: Royal college convenes extraordinary meeting after call from members

The Royal College of Anaesthetists will hold an extraordinary general meeting in October after a call from its members.1 A grassroots group of UK anaesthetists called Anaesthetists United have proposed six resolutions to be discussed and voted on at the meeting on 17 October, including the expansion in anaesthesia associates.Anaesthesia associates, formerly known as physician assistants (anaesthesia), provide anaesthetic and perioperative care under the supervision of an anaesthetist and are currently unregulated. The role is due to be regulated by the General Medical Council as early as the second half of 2024.2Anaesthesia associates are one of the roles identified for expansion by the 2023 NHS Long Term Workforce Plan,3 which set out ambitions for training places for the role to increase to 250 a year by 2028-29, with a further increase to 280 by 2031-32.Anaesthetists United is calling on the Royal College of Anaesthetists to oppose this expansion. “We are…
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