If anyone remembers the anaesthetic associate thread

[Heaet1135]

I posted a thread over the summer about the NHS plan to introduce Anaesthetic associates - people with just 2 years training giving general anaesthesia having not gone to medical school.
A consultant anaesthetist by comparison studies at medical school for 5-6 years then does foundation training for 2 years and then a minimum of 7 years of anaesthetic training including 4 notoriously difficult exams.
The link below is to a group of anaesthetists who are highlighting the dangers of this and trying to get the Royal College of Anaesthetists to not support this dangerous role.
https://anaesthetistsunited.com/

Please remember you have a right to know if a PA rather than a Dr is seeing you, and if someone giving you a general anaesthetic is in fact a Dr.

I do remember the thread - didn't it get deleted?
I realise your concern is about AAs and I fully support it but I also have huge concerns about PAs in general. The US seems to be further along the road with PAs than we are, surprisingly in view of litigation.
There is a lot on med twitter about the subject.