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January 15, 2025

Physician associates legal ruling welcomed
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Government urged to act as record heat puts public health at risk

January 10, 2025
Black and white head and shoulders photo of DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes. Helen has welcomed a legal ruling on physician associates
Fund social care and GPs to ease NHS winter pressures

January 10, 2025
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Government urged to work with GPs to reduce waiting lists

January 7, 2025

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Cross-party collaboration needed on health and social care plans

The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has renewed its call for cross-party collaboration on plans for the health and social care. DAUK’s GP committee said plans needed to be taken out of politics after Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced an independent commission to reform adult social care. Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK…

January 3, 2025
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DAUK review of the year

​2024 has been another incredibly busy year for the Doctors' Association UK (DAUK) - as our review of the year shows. Our volunteer team of frontline NHS doctors has worked extremely hard to advocate for the profession and for patients. As the year draws to an end, we wish you…

December 31, 2024
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DAUK News The NHS
Physician associates: Our letter to the Lancet

Our chair Ms Helen Fernandes and former chair Dr Matt Kneale have called for a pause in the expansion of physician associate roles in a letter to the Lancet. Ms Fernandes and Dr Kneale highlighted doctors’ concerns around patient safety, supervision, and physician associates’ scope of work. They wrote that…

December 23, 2024
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GP committee responds to funding and reforms announcement

DAUK’s GP committee has responded to an announcement by Health Secretary Wes Streeting of £889m in extra GP funding along with proposed reforms to general practice. Dr Lizzie Toberty, GP lead for the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK), said: “We welcome any increase in funding for general practice, however, we are…

December 20, 2024
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