Unless you are present at the signature then these too can be
forged!........
----- Original Message -----
From: Amanda Dowson <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Legality of Faxes
> I apprecaited the thing about electronically written, BUT I feel that
refers
> to the printed out prescriptions followed by an orignial signature. Faxes
> fade, and are not written electronically but transmitted electronically. I
> agree with Lynda about how easy it is to forge photocopies and indeed from
> there faxes.
>
> Amanda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hawkes, Lynda [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 May 2003 09:43
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Legality of Faxes
>
>
> I still would not act. It is very easy to forge electronic or faxed
> messages and as I am accountable for my actions I would insist on an
> original signature.
> Lynda Hawkes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greta Thornbory [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:13 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Legality of Faxes
>
>
> Interestingly enough the NMC Guidelines for administration of medicines
say
> that a prescription can be written manually or electronically by a
> registered prescriber and be signed and dated - if that is the case then
it
> looks like a fax is acceptable - with the exception of controlled drugs
> which of course must be handwritten by law....
>
> Greta Thornbory
> Consultant, Health & Education
> www.gtenterprises-uk.com
> 01235 770156
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hawkes, Lynda <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Legality of Faxes
>
>
> > There is no way I would ever carry out either of the instructions below
on
> > the strength of a fax. Its the originals with original signature for me
> or
> > I don't act.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amanda Dowson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:25 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Legality of Faxes
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Does anyone know what the legal status of a fax is ?
> >
> > If you got a consent form faxed through, would you consider it OK to
> release
> > the information on the strength of it?
> >
> > If you got a letter from GP confirming circumstances in which he would
> like
> > you to administer a drug that he has prescribed, would you be happy to
> > administer the drug?
> >
> > Or is anyone, like me, getting really twitchy about this?
> >
> > Amanda D
>
>
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