Issues with PA and AA regulation ‘cannot’ be resolved in court, GMC tells judge

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By Daniel Pye, reporting from Royal Courts of Justice, London

The regulation of physician and anaesthesia associates involves “big policy questions that a court cannot resolve,” the General Medical Council has told the High Court.

Rory Dunlop KC, representing the medical regulator, said that implementing a scope of practice can have "unintended consequences" and a “calcifying effect” on professions.