Physician assistant: Difference between revisions

The position of physician assistant was established in the United Kingdom in 2005. It evolved from that of physician assistant, developed in the US in the 1960s.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} In 2012, a group of physician assistants voted to change the name to ''physician associate'', tothis distinguishtitle itis fromhowever anotherexceedingly withclose to the sametitle name''Associate withinPhysician'', thewhich represents a senior NHS{{Cn|date=Augustmedical 2023}}doctor. [[Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]] was asked to manage the recruitment of 200 physician associates who are expected to come from the US for 40 [[NHS trust]]s in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 September 2015|title=London trust to recruit 200 physician associates for 40 providers|publisher=Health Service Journal|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-hillingdon-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/london-trust-to-recruit-200-physician-associates-for-40-providers/5090211.article#.ViqxBEpup1A|url-access=subscription|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref>