ACPs should have a scope of practice to 'safeguard doctor training', BMA says

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By Daniel Pye

Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) have had a "significant impact on medical postgraduate training" and should have a national scope of practice, the British Medical Association has said.

At the BMA’s annual representative meeting (ARM), doctors voted for a motion which calls on the union to lobby for a “nationally agreed scope of practice".