Who remembers when NHS Education for Scotland tried to limit claims on study budgets?
Incensed, I wanted to know how much was being claimed by the same directors who wanted to cut back on doctors’ claims:
Map of MAPs.
This is based on the MAPs Scope of Practice published by the British Medical Association.
Once responses start coming back, results of the requests will be plotted on a map, available for the public to peruse as they see fit.
Happy leap-year-day?
My attention was drawn to this piece from Full Fact:
So I sumbitted a request to the Australian Department of Home Affairs for the following information:
Number of General Migration (subclasses 189, 190 and 491) and Employer Sponsor Migration (subclasses 186, 187 and 482) visa applications lodged, granted, refused and on hand from 2013 to 2023 (inclusive), by year, for applicants with British nationality or applying from the UK, for Medical Practitioner ANZSCO 253.
This is in follow-up to the HSCS committee hearing, 16/01/24.
Original request, 16 January 2024:
I refer to your appearance before the HSCS Committee today, 16th January 2024, regarding the regulation and expansion of Medical Associate Professional roles within NHS Scotland.
This is in relation / follow-up to this Tweet, regarding PAs being recruited to supervise doctors at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness:
On 23/12/2023 the following request was sent to NHS Highland:
This is in follow-up to the original request made to the General Medical Council (GMC) in October 2023, regarding the regulation of Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs) in the UK.
Follow-up, dated 8 December 2023:
Request, dated 26 October 2023:
In your news article “More information on PAs and AAs” [link], “Our work to introduce regulation of PAs and AAs is wholly funded by direct grant from the DHSC and closely managed to ensure no cross-subsidisation from doctor fees.
Resources for talk given at University of Edinburgh, 11 August 2023
Links to articles MacDonald, R. (2023) ‘GMC is criticised for investments in Nestlé and McDonal’s’, BMJ (Online), 380, pp. 580 Available at: https://doi.