On 20 November 2024, Wes Streeting, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, commissioned Gillian Leng to undertake an independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associa...

Government review says PAs sometimes used to fill roles designed for doctors, potentially exposing patients to risk

Dr Asif Qasim candidate for election at President of the Royal College of Physicians - restoring the RCP as the Voice of Physicians

The ballot of GP contractors in England has now closed and we are awaiting the result. Assuming member support for collective action mirrors the overwhelming rejection of the contract, we plan to advi...

The news that the Trump administration has ordered scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles co

“… a range of collective failures in leadership” (page 3) “… a clear lack of accountability and due process.” (page 4) “[T]here is a pervasive lack of trust and confidence in the College’s governa...

The role of physician associate is not new. It was first introduced in the US more than 50 years ago. The model has since been adopted in many countries, alongside other medical associate professional...

The gene therapy Casgevy, which will now be offered to some patients in England, could help people live disease-free, experts say.

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It’s not too late for President Biden to give the U.S. a life-changing gift.

Since the earliest stages of the pandemic, muscle weakness has been a key symptom described by patients post-COVID infection. Estimated to affect up to 60% of those with long COVID, it can have a prof...

California health officials warned the public to avoid drinking one batch of whole raw milk from Raw Farm, which has issued a voluntary recall.

A parliamentary inquiry found between two and twenty per cent of Australians who get the virus will develop symptoms of long COVID including brain fog and fatigue, but its exact causes remain a mystery.