From: "North Mike (F81717) Maylandsea Medical Cent CM3 6AH"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:17 AM
> Theoretical case
>
> A GP locum has recently had a disagreement with the practice at which he
> worked as a PCT employed locum and is no longer employed by the PCT.
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> He then proposes to send a dictation tape of his consultation for the
> practice to transcribe onto the patient record.
>
> What are the legalities of this, in particular, are the practice obliged
to
> dispense the scripts and update the records?
I think you already know the answer to this ie no and no.
More seriously I am worried about the private doctor who I suspect will
shortly find himself up before the GMC, if not the bank manager and the
psychiatrist.
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Fay
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