4/ Article 26 governs GMC approval of education and training. It applies to all “regulated professionals” – which under this Order includes physician assistants (PAs) and physician assistants in anaesthesia (PAAs), not just doctors.

5/ The consultation document even describes CCTs as confirming that “a person such as a medical practitioner” has completed approved training. That “such as” is doing extraordinary work. It explicitly acknowledges the category is no longer limited to doctors.

6/ On top of this, the draft Order abolishes the specialist register as a distinct statutory entity. Under the new framework, GMC maintains a single register with separate parts for doctors, PAs and PAAs. The statutory guardrails that limited CCTs to doctors are being removed.

7/ To be clear: there is no explicit government statement that CCTs will be handed to PAs. The consultation frames this in terms of “flexibility” and “modernisation.” But the legal mechanism to do so would exist once this Order is made. That is the point.

8/ This is not hypothetical. The GMC already regulates PAs. It will approve PA postgraduate training under Article 26. Article 28 then allows CCTs for anyone completing Article 26 approved training. Join the dots.

9/ Doctors spend 5–8+ years in specialty training after medical school to earn a CCT. It is the gold standard. It means you are trained to consultant level. It underpins the specialist register and consultant appointments across the NHS.

10/ Eroding its statutory exclusivity to doctors would be a seismic change. The consultation closes 23rd June 2026. Every doctor – and every patient who cares about who holds a CCT – should respond.

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