{"id":262420,"date":"2025-07-16T21:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/physician-associate-role-should-be-changed-to-prevent-catastrophic-misdiagnosis-says-report\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:04:57","slug":"physician-associate-role-should-be-changed-to-prevent-catastrophic-misdiagnosis-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/physician-associate-role-should-be-changed-to-prevent-catastrophic-misdiagnosis-says-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician associate role should be changed to prevent &#8216;catastrophic&#8217; misdiagnosis, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/nL1WGYNSs44\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Physician associate role should be changed to prevent 'catastrophic' misdiagnosis, says report\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nL1WGYNSs44\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Physician associates (PAs) should be banned from seeing patients who have not been reviewed by a medic to prevent the risk of \u201ccatastrophic\u201d misdiagnoses, a Government-ordered report has found.<\/p>\n<p>The study suggests a major change to the role of PAs after it acknowledged they have been used as substitutes for doctors, despite having significantly less training.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,500 PAs and 100 anaesthesia associates (AAs) are working in the NHS and there have been previous calls for an expansion in their number.<\/p>\n<p>But a general lack of support for the roles from the medical profession, plus high-profile deaths of patients who were misdiagnosed by PAs, led Health Secretary Wes Streeting to order a review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physician associates (PAs) should be banned from seeing patients who have not been reviewed by a medic to prevent the risk of \u201ccatastrophic\u201d misdiagnoses, a Government-ordered report has found. 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