Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates
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Detail of outcome
The consultation sought views on the legislative provisions that will give the General Medical Council (GMC) the necessary powers to regulate anaesthesia associates and physician associates in the UK.
The legislation provides a high-level regulatory framework and gives the GMC more autonomy to set out the details of its regulatory procedures in its rules. The draft legislation will also pave the way for full scale reform of the regulatory frameworks of all the healthcare professional regulators by providing a template upon which we can build.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation seeks views on the anaesthesia associates and physician associates order (the draft order) that will give the General Medical Council (GMC) the necessary powers and duties to regulate AAs and PAs in the UK.
We’ve drafted the legislative provisions on the basis of the detailed policy proposals set out in the government’s response to the Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public consultation.
As well as bringing AAs and PAs into regulation, this consultation also paves the way for full scale reform of the regulatory frameworks of all the healthcare professional regulators. This is a rare and significant opportunity to deliver a large-scale programme of reform that will implement improvements to the system of professional regulation, to the health and care workforce and, most importantly, to patient and public safety.
As such, we encourage professionals, employers, regulatory bodies and training providers to fully engage with this consultation. The resultant legislation will provide a template for the subsequent regulatory legislative reforms.
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Last updated 11 December 2023 + show all updates
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In the consultation response, under 'Appeal to a panel', 'Fitness to practise decisions', added "article 10(3) - where a case examiner determines that an associate’s fitness to practise is not impaired but issues a warning", as this was missing from the published version.
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Added consultation response.
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First published.