Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 28 November 2022.
Baroness Harding of Winscombe
Conservative
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce legislation to regulate physician associates and anaesthesia associates.
Lord Markham
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
We plan to publish the public consultation on the draft legislation that will enable the General Medical Council (GMC) to regulate physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) by the end of 2022. Following this consultation, we will finalise the legislation, complete the required legal checks and lay the order in Parliament in the second half of 2023, subject to Parliamentary time. The GMC will then develop and implement its rules and processes for regulating PAs and AAs within 12 months, enabling regulation to commence in the second half of 2024.
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