Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6XQXQ)
Exclusive: Government-ordered review concludes term in NHS should be changed because of risks to patients' safety
Physician associates in the NHS will be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors after a review found that their title caused widespread confusion.
Thousands of physician associates who work in hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK take medical histories, examine patients and diagnose illnesses but are not doctors.
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