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Courts of Justice, which heard the legal challenge over the regulation of physician assistants.

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September 16, 2025

Physician assistants: DAUK supports legal appeal over GMC regulation
DAUK has backed a plan to increase the consumption of plant-rich foods and ease pressure on the NHS.
DAUK backs plan to promote plant-rich diets and improve health

September 15, 2025
Dr Ellen Welch, DAUK co-chair, presenting the Feature of the Year (Specialist Audience) at the 2024 MJA Awards
DAUK delighted to support this year’s MJA Awards

September 15, 2025
A fishing trawler heading out to sea. DAUK is concerned an outright ban on seabed bottom trawling in all UK marine-protected areas has not been introduced.
Concern at Government rejection of bottom trawling ban

September 13, 2025

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DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch provided commentary in the national media on the impact on GPs of the rollout of weight-loss treatment
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DAUK in the media: Demand for NHS weight-loss treatment impacting GPs

DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch provided commentary in the national media on the impact on GPs of the rollout of weight-loss treatment. Dr Welch, a GP in the north west of England, was featured in national and regional news outlets and websites discussing Mounjaro – also known as tirzepatide. Her…

September 13, 2025
Dr Steve Taylor speaking at the DAUK conference. Dr Taylor has warned the Government’s pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’ is little more than political posturing.
DAUK News
‘Government GP pledge political posturing’

DAUK’s GP committee is concerned the Government’s pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’ is little more than political posturing. Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK’s GP co-lead, spoke of his fears during an appearance on national television news. Talk TV viewers were told that two GP surgeries were closing every week…

September 9, 2025
Courts of Justice, which heard the legal challenge over the regulation of physician assistants.
DAUK News
DAUK response to High Court ruling on physician assistants

DAUK has responded to the High Court ruling on the legal challenge over the GMC’s regulation of physician assistants (PAs) and physician assistants in anaesthesia (PAAs). Ms Helen Fernandes, co-chair of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) said: “We’re extremely disappointed by the ruling, which does nothing to address our serious…

September 6, 2025
Group of doctors in green scrubs holding the top of each others hands.
DAUK News
‘Doctors being side-lined and professional responsibilities blurred’

The Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) has warned that doctors are being side-lined and professional responsibilities blurred. DAUK fears a new competencies framework represents the creeping substitution of doctors with other healthcare professionals (HCPs). The recently published National Capabilities Framework for Professionals who care for Children and Young People with Asthma…

September 5, 2025
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