In the article “The physician assistant: would the US model meet the needs of the NHS?” Linda Hutchinson, Tom Marks, and Mike Pittilo state that only the best qualities of the US physician assistant would help the NHS meet its needs and that the US program should not be directly modeled. The NHS could benefit from implementing more staff that is not specialized and that can work in any general practice. The United States went through a similar shortage of primary care workers and developed the physician assistant which could practice medicine under the supervision of a physician. Medical schools in the United Kingdom would be able to provide education and training for a physician assistant. Decisions would need to be made on the funding of