
Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts is a Health Education England funded Clinical Leadership Fellow based in Leeds. He has taken time away from training in respiratory and general medicine to focus on developing the physician associate workforce in the Yorkshire and Humber region. He works with both providers and higher education institutions to identify how physician associates can contribute to the NHS and provide part of a sustainable workforce model. He is involved in developing preceptorship schemes for newly qualified physician associates and creating leadership roles for experienced practitioners.
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Physician associates can help meet the NHS workforce gap
Providers must find ways to integrate physician associates into the NHS workforce and optimise their skill sets, says Sam Roberts