Coroner warns about NHS physician associates after death
Discussion
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/27/co...
Is anyone surprised? When you have people with less medical training than a doctor, making diagnosis and getting it wrong. This was meant to be a cost saving measure, and it hasn't worked.
I personally wouldn't want a loved one being seen by a PA - maybe for the initial triage it's fine after the nurse sees you, but the "proper" opinion has to come from a trained doctor.
Is anyone surprised? When you have people with less medical training than a doctor, making diagnosis and getting it wrong. This was meant to be a cost saving measure, and it hasn't worked.
I personally wouldn't want a loved one being seen by a PA - maybe for the initial triage it's fine after the nurse sees you, but the "proper" opinion has to come from a trained doctor.
In 2015 I had a nagging pain in the chest, thought I'd pulled a muscle but it just kept slowly getting worse so booked appointment with Doc.
Didn't see a doctor but instead saw someone, don't know what her title was but it wasn't Doctor, who said I had a chest infection and proscribed antibiotics. I had grown up believing I should trust trained medical staff so didn't question her diagnosis.
About two weeks later I had a heart attack caused by blocked arteries which were causing the pain. The NHS were fantastic but rightly or wrongly I don't trust surgery staff so readily any more.
Didn't see a doctor but instead saw someone, don't know what her title was but it wasn't Doctor, who said I had a chest infection and proscribed antibiotics. I had grown up believing I should trust trained medical staff so didn't question her diagnosis.
About two weeks later I had a heart attack caused by blocked arteries which were causing the pain. The NHS were fantastic but rightly or wrongly I don't trust surgery staff so readily any more.
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