> He is now offering to see any of his former patients who wish to carry on
> seeing him, privately, at no charge. He no longer has access to their
> medical records.
Up to him, but obviously need to question his mental health (assuming he is
not a bored millionaire....)
> He then sends the patient with a private script to the practice having told
> the patient that the practice, with whom they are registered, is obliged to
> turn this into an NHS script (allegedly).
Well, he can certainly ASK the practice to issue NHS scripts based on his
consultations, but they are under no obligation to do so.
> He then proposes to send a dictation tape of his consultation for the
> practice to transcribe onto the patient record.
As mentioned, this is not good practice. He should be sending a typed copy
of the consultation to the practice for their records.
> What are the legalities of this, in particular, are the practice obliged to
> dispense the scripts and update the records?
I don't see any illegality to this. There are however concerns about...
1. The GPs mental health (although it's possible he is a great altruist and
the other GPs are crap, it is unlikely)
2. Is he making unfair criticism of the other GPs in breach of GMC guidance
(although, you could not argue he was doing so for financial gain!).
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