Jobs for physician assistants have also stayed steady, as these medical practitioners help offset the national physician shortage, said Cindy Lord, president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

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Often the very best people to deal with people suffering with mental ill health are specially-trained medical practitioners - not police officers - and the best place for them to be seen is on medical premises, not within police stations.

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On Tuesday the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service suspended him from prescribing medication in private practice for 18 months.

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