BBC/Brijesh Patel Roy Pollitt thought his late wife was being treated by a doctor rather than a physician associate A man whose wife died after a drain was mistakenly left in her abdomen for 21 hours has condemned the increased use of physician associates (PAs) within the National Health Service. Susan Pollitt’s inquest concluded her … Read more
Plans for the doctors’ regulator to license less-qualified health workers are under attack. Source link
Rules are being drawn up to improve patient safety following some concerns about the non-doctor jobs. Source link
Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura | Photo Credit: File photo Continuing investigations into the alleged cash-for-BJP ticket cheating case involving Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials on Saturday recovered over ₹2 crore, which she had used for buying a car, investing in fixed deposits, and purchasing gold valuables. After gathering information about … Read more
The NHS’s website said those applying for the role need to either be a graduate with a “bioscience-related” degree or a “registered healthcare professional”, such as a nurse or midwife, and training takes about two years, involves “many aspects of an undergraduate or postgraduate medical degree” and focuses “principally on general adult medicine in hospital … Read more