Faculty of Physician Associates
Established2015 (2015)
PresidentJamie Saunders
Vice-presidentChandran Louis
Location
London, NW1
United Kingdom
AffiliationsRoyal College of Physicians of London
Websitewww.fparcp.co.uk

The Faculty of Physician Associates at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is the professional membership body for physician associates (PAs) in the United Kingdom. Established in 2015, it is responsible for setting PA standards, running the accreditation examinations, management of the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR) and is a faculty of the RCP.[1][2]

Its predecessor organisation was the UK Association of Physician Assistants which was created in 2005.[3] Physician assistants were renamed as physician associates in 2013 after the Department of Health and Social Care advised that being called assistants could prevent the regulation of the profession.[4]

The president of the organisation, elected in 2022, is Jamie Saunders who works in haematology at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and its vice-president is Chandran Louis who works in urology at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[5][6] The RCP approved the membership of the president of the FPA to its governing council with full voting rights in 2018.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Faculty of Physician Associates". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "New Faculty of Physician Associates launched today". Royal College of Physicians. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Who are physician associates?". Faculty of Physician Associates. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Physician associates – background to the profession". Royal College of Physicians. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Faculty of Physician Associates new president and vice president announced". Royal College of Physicians. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Medical Specialists". African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "RCP Council members as at 14 June 2023". Royal College of Physicians. p. 2. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Standing Orders" (PDF). Faculty of Physician Associates. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2023.


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