BMA renews call to ‘immediately halt' expansion of MAPs

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By Sarah Lowden

“Pause the planned expansion of the MAPs workforce while serious patient safety concerns persist”, the British Medical Association has urged NHS England’s chief executive.

The doctors’ union has written an open letter to Amanda Pritchard to say if NHSE was to press ahead with the expansion of medical associate professionals (MAPs) it would be in opposition to the “overwhelming view of the medical profession”.