AAGBI: Physicians’ Assistants (Anaesthesia) is the new title for Anaesthesia Practitioners

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland (AAGBI) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), with the full support of the Patient Liaison Group, have decided that the title Anaesthesia Practitioner will no longer be used and that the title Physicians’ Assistant (Anaesthesia), abbreviated to PA(A), will replace it in all current and future RCoA and AAGBI documents, guidelines and publications. This change has been made in the interests of accuracy, clarity and consistency.
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