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>In a message dated 20/09/96 05:42:19, Mary wrote:
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>>If there's a problem (and complaint) about the treatment
>given to a rota patient by a non principal, could the patient's lawyer
>sue the deputising service? *I* haven't got ..him/her.. on my list.. so
>I hope my practice couldn't be sued.This system would seem to ensure that
>these patients do *not* have a GP.
>
>Not true Mary. The legal responsibility rests with you, unless the deputy is
>a principle in his own right, if he isn't, then the legal case and any
>service committe hearing comes back to you. It is up to you to ensure that
>the deputy you are using is competent. If he makes a mistake, it is you that
>suffers.
Trefor,
I know that when the patient(even if allocated) is on my list - but my
question concerns the *legal responsibility * for patients who are
*not* on my list, and reciving treatment under the regulations governing
"immediately necessary treatment" from deputising services. With the
increasing use of deputising services - and the increasing numbers of
non-principals - this scenario is bound to arise sooner or later.
Does the deputising service,for instance, have a legal right to accept a
temporary resident to a practice? (this could happen when a practice had
just refused to take the patient during the day..)
Mary
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>Trefor Roscoe Email; [log in to unmask]
>Beighton Health Centre Tel 0114 - 269 5061
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