Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates

Background to the GCC response

The General Chiropractic Council (GCC) welcomes the publication of the government's analysis of the 2021 consultation on reform of professional regulation and is pleased to provide its response to 'Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates'.

The consultation is focussed on bringing the two professions into regulation by the General Medical Council. It is the government's express intention that "the resultant legislation will provide a template for the subsequent regulatory legislative reforms."

So this response by the GCC to the proposals is drafted on the basis of how the changes would operate, if applied to the GCC.