Physician Associate Examines Abuse Victims

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NHS children’s hospital let physician associate examine abuse victims

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Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool allowed a physician associate (a physician associate) to perform child protection medical assessments in place of experienced doctors until March this year .

The assessments are used to identify signs of abuse and neglect, and can serve as court evidence to convict child abusers.

PAs are not classed as “professional witnesses’, it could jeopardise criminal cases and allow abusers to walk free.

Doctors have warned of “serious miscarriages of justice” if PAs were mistaken for doctors in abuse cases.

The Alder Hey trust removed the PA from the safeguarding team in March 2024 .

Spokesman said the decision was taken in the interests of supporting the police, the CPS and the Justice system in its important safeguarding role’ Prior to this move, the PA had performed “child protection medicals undertaken for children and young people where it is known or suspected that they have experienced physical abuse and/or neglect”.

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