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Jan 14, 2025 | rpclegal.com | Bryce Jones

Written by Genevieve Isherwood (Senior Associate), Bryce Jones (Associate)Key developments in 20242024 has seen an increase in the number of physician associates (PAs) working across the medical sector (NHS and private). Employment of PAs is considered a fast and cost-effective method of addressing workforce shortages and ever-growing healthcare demands. In June 2022, there were 1300 PAs in England and Wales, rising to over 3,300 by June 2024. The numbers are expected to increase.

Jan 14, 2025 | rpclegal.com | Jessica Pease

Written by Jessica PeaseKey developments in 2024 2024 highlighted the importance of a directors' duty to consider or act in the interests of creditors where a company is insolvent or bordering on insolvency. The claim brought by the liquidators of BHS Group against certain of its former directors following the group's collapse into insolvency in 2016 saw the first time where a court held company directors guilty of "misfeasant trading".