Paramedics, nurses and pharmacists will be able to train as doctors in just three years under post-Brexit plans to tackle NHS staffing crisis

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Interesting.
 

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Also, great day to post this. Happy Brexit day to our friends across the Atlantic.
 

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Does the UK use midlevel providers in much number?
 

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Interesting considering the acceptance rate after secondary school (their HS) is less than 10%. They could just open more spots to their medical school.
 
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Does the UK use midlevel providers in much number?
I wonder if the UK have an equivalent to NP's and PA's that we have in America
 

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I wonder if the UK have an equivalent to NP's and PA's that we have in America
They have physician associates.
Same same but different.

 
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They have physician associates.
Same same but different.

And the question is, the UK Physician Associate similar to PA's and NP's in America or are they different.
 

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I don't know factually what they can and cannot do, but I've talked to a few nurses from the UK and it sounds like the role and scope of PAs and APNs in the UK is much more limited than in the US.
 

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I have also heard they have a much narrower scope.
 

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I'm an advanced paramedic working in out-of-hours GP (doctors) community services. I have exactly the same scope of practice as a doctor within my role with one exception - i am unable to section a patient under the mental health act.
Otherwise the drugs I can supply, clinical pathways into hospitals and community specialists and investigations I can order are the same.
Its just I get half the pay.
I am unsure how this stacks up against the US AP role as Im unfamiliar with it.
 

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Interesting, so what is a PA equivalent in the UK @Pond Life ?

For reference this what a US PA is:
 
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