Scottish Government officials added that defining a national scope of practice for PAs and AAs could be difficult, given that PAs in particular could be deployed in a wide range of healthcare settings, and suggested a more nuanced approach:
The scope of practice for PAs and AAs will be specific to the individual healthcare professional in question. It will take into account the skills and knowledge that they have attained in the course of their initial training; it will reflect any constraints or limitations associated with the role in which they are deployed at a given point in time; and it will reflect the skills and experience that they have attained over the course of their careers in the form of continuing professional development.