As government passed registration of PAs/AAs by the GMC today one particular clip really intrigued me: @theresecoffey here talks about having 1:3 supervision for AAs 🤔 We have to also remember she was health secretary - she’s seemingly marking her own homework here.
@iDrSunny @theresecoffey Theresa believes that a NHS Consultant anaesthetist, such as myself, would revel at the thought of supervising 3 anaesthesia associates in order to improve capacity across the NHS. The Association of Anaesthetists doesn’t think so and neither do I. Her confidence isn’t informed
@d_magpie @iDrSunny @theresecoffey "Increasing capacity" the way a dodgy drug dealer increases an amount of cocaine by cutting it with talcum powder or baking soda.
@d_magpie @iDrSunny @theresecoffey It's informed by US healthcare companies?
@d_magpie @theresecoffey But just imagine it, if you can, Dr Laws? 😂
@d_magpie @iDrSunny @theresecoffey Please may i opt out and only have a proper Anaesthetist for my next op. 🤔
@d_magpie @iDrSunny @theresecoffey Well, I suppose it’s not like you’ve got anything else to do…. /sarcasm
@d_magpie @iDrSunny @theresecoffey It may seem bad but they won't stop there. One day we'll look back at the golden days when we were fortunate to have AAs - supervised or not - instead of patients being expected to supply their own anaesthesia.