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15-03-2017 00:17:03
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Thank you Josephine Cumbo for highlighting precisely why so many doctors are deeply concerned about the role & presentation of physicians associates in the NHS.
Sometimes - as here - the public has no idea they're not seeing a doctor.
Medicolegally, so very wrong.
Josephine Cumbo 2022 I saw a former paramedic at the GP, urgent apt as in a lot of hip and leg pain.
No examination, 'sciatica' and prescription for 94 Diazipam, take 3 a day. 😱😱😱
3 diazipam a day for a month. 😵💫
Obviously I didn't do that...
Josephine Cumbo My Mum is seen at home by surgery paramedics who are excellent, I have heard conversations between them and (also excellent) GP when unsure/worried. The problem is not the practitioners but one of openness (trust), supervision and regulation. They are NOT medically trained.
Josephine Cumbo Needs to be told. “Today you are being attended to by X who is not a qualified doctor”
Josephine Cumbo It’s so frustrating as a patient. My pain mgt specialist wrote to my GP with a care plan and suggestions for two drugs to try. Unfortunately I had to speak to a PA. They’ve misread the report and prescribed the dose of one drug but prescribed the other.
Josephine Cumbo Surely this is the responsibility of the people who own the GP practice, which is normally the GPs. They should manage their staff as they see fit but always ask the patient if they are happy to be seen by a PA.
Josephine Cumbo several times past year i thought i was seeing a doctor, later I checked my patient records, and in all cases it was a Senior Nurse Practitioner who diagnosed and prescribed. Is this any better than the current furore over PAs?