High Court judge gives GMC/govt green light to keep presenting non-doctors as doctors

High Court judge gives GMC/govt green light to keep presenting non-doctors as doctors

Confusing ‘associates’ without doctor trainingwith real doctors is ok, apparently, as judge backs government’s rationing of expert medical careThe British Medical Association (BMA) has lost its case in the High Court against the General Medical Council (GMC) to try to prevent the GMC, which is collaborating with Keir Starmer’s government in its expansion of the use of ‘physician associates’ (PAs) in the NHS who have only two years training inste…

High Court dismiss BMA physician associates and anaesthesia associates Judicial Review claims - Fitness to Practise News by Kings View Chambers

The British Medical Association (BMA) brought the judicial review proceedings against the General Medical Council (GMC) in the case of British Medical Association, R (on the application of) v General Medical Council [2025] EWHC 960 (Admin), challenging “significant regulatory decisions” made by the GMC in its newly extended role as regulator of both doctors and the associate professions—namely, Physician Associates (PAs) and Anaesthesia Associat…