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      Physician associates must be supervised by GPs, says NHS England

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 28 March - 12:06

    Senior medical directors warn PAs are ‘not substitutes’ for doctors amid fears patients misunderstand their level of qualification

    Physician associates (PAs) are “not substitutes” for GPs and must be supervised, NHS England has said.

    A new letter to all GP surgeries, primary care network clinical directors, integrated care board chief executives and NHS England regional directors said PAs are “specifically trained to work collaboratively with doctors and others” and all work undertaken by PAs “must be supervised and debriefed with their supervising GP”.

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      Judge’s order requiring hospital to give COVID patient ivermectin called “unethical”

      Tim De Chant · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 30 August, 2021 - 21:42

    Judge’s order requiring hospital to give COVID patient ivermectin called “unethical”

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    A county judge in Ohio has ordered a hospital in Cincinnati to administer ivermectin to an intensive care patient, a move raises questions about the role of the courts in the medical system.

    “It is absurd that this order was issued,” Arthur Caplan , professor of bioethics at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, told Ars. “If I were these doctors, I simply wouldn’t do it.”

    The order was spurred by a lawsuit filed by Julie Smith, whose 51-year-old husband, Jeffrey, is being treated in West Chester Hospital for COVID-19. The lawsuit was first reported by the Ohio Capital Journal . Jeffrey has been in the hospital since July 15, and as his condition declined, his wife Julie began investigating alternative treatments.

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