“The BMA has again called for immediate intervention to protect patient safety in the NHS after publishing over 600 reports of serious concerns submitted to the BMA by doctors and medical students who have witnessed unacceptable blurring of lines between the role of physician associates and anaesthesia associates (PAs and AAs), and doctors. This testimony, collected via an online reporting portal between November 2023 and February 2025, has been submitted to the ongoing government-commissioned Leng Review1 as evidence that there is a clear disconnect between how PAs are meant to be working and the way they actually are showing that the NHS has failed in its duty to ensure patient safety. “
