The reality of restricting PAs in emergency departments: our FOI findings
UMAPs has spent months gathering evidence of what has actually happened on the ground since the Leng Review was published in July 2025. Through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted to NHS trusts that employed PAs in emergency departments...
UMAPs’ Response to the DHSC Consultation on the Renaming of Physician Associates
The DHSC has launched a three-month consultation on legislation that will overhaul the General Medical Council’s (GMC) regulation of doctors, physician associates and anaesthesia associates. Just days ago it was announced that this consultation now also includes the...
Royal College Minutes Reveal Privileged Access to Leng Review – UMAPs Was Shut Out
Official minutes from multiple Royal Colleges appear to show that organisations opposed to the physician associate role were given ongoing, privileged access to the Leng Review process, including advance sight of potential recommendations and weekly reports...
UMAPs Welcomes GMC and RCoA Wins
United Medical Associate Professionals (UMAPs) welcomes the news that the Court of Appeal has upheld the General Medical Council’s use of the term ‘medical professional’ to refer to Physician Associates (PAs) and Anaesthesia Associates,...
