I do wonder how PAs will feel about all this in 5 years when they and ACPs/ANPs are pretty much running NHS primary care. Or in 10 years when the same happens for secondary care.
@iDrSunny And their pay has been eroded over time. And they are trapped in the UK.
@iDrSunny Why do you insist on exaggerating all the time In 5 years there will be a total of ~10-12,000 PAs across the whole NHS across the UK. Currently PAs ~40/60 GP hospital split. There are currently 27,500 FTE GPs alone (BMA data).
@iDrSunny More importantly, how will patients feel about it in a few years time, assuming they haven't killed us all by then?
@iDrSunny I heard recently that a practice v light on Drs and heavy on non-Drs employs someone specifically to deal with complaints. Says it all really …..
@iDrSunny They are being set up to be exploited as cheap labour when the real doctors have been got rid of. I can't bring myself to feel much sympathy for them.
@iDrSunny ...or when they get sued! I take nothing away from these folk for choosing this route, and I'm sure many will do well.....but.....so many buts
@iDrSunny Again stop bringing anps into this, you know very little about their role or the nmc code we work too, we cannot prescribe without doing an advanced prescribing course that I have to MSc level which my husband said has harder pharma than he did at medical school! End
@iDrSunny I think they’ll truly be a triage service. And I hope secondary care is prepared for the referral onslaught.
@iDrSunny I doubt they would actually like the autonomy. It's much better when someone else takes the responsibility for your decisions