A coroner in Surrey has raised concerns about the role of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS in response to the death of a woman with abdominal pain who was wrongly diagnosed as having a nosebleed.

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By now most of Australia has heard or read the derogatory comments Triple M’s Marty Sheargold made about women’s football.