Dr Chung wrote:-
>> If a driving license is issued and you have any reason to
believe that your patient should not drive you should advise him or her
about this as part of your duty of cars<<
This is terrific news. We can now sue you lot for not looking after your
patient's vehicles as well. The more you think about it the more sense it
makes. For example, steroid creams might help in safely removing bird crap
from a soft top, although too reguar a treatment regime might thin the
hood's skin. Popping a Prozac in the fuel tank might stop any sluggishness
and whining noises from the engine, although beware of any akathisiac
racing action as a side-effect. Any other ideas for pharmaceutical
intervention?
TBST, I would say the DVLA are correct. If you know/ought to know your
patient is unfit through medical condition to drive you should inform him
of that fact and put it in writing. It can go wider and, I believe, apply
on prescribing medication that can reduce reaction time. Do not rely on the
pharmacist and the manufacturer's labelling. Of course, this is all
untested territory, but it would be interesting for someone who has had an
accident due to his condition/medication and claims not to have known about
the effect to sue the doc.
On a positive note I suggest you reply to the DVLA, pointng out that they
have a duty to the public at large to obtain relevant medical information
and that such can only come from the best source, being yourself. For them
to seek to obtain lesser information from other sources purely to avoid
paying a reasonable fee would amount to a breach of that duty.
Graham Ross
Solicitor
Ross & Co
Liverpool, UK
+44 (0)151 284 8585
+44 (0)151 236 6035-fax
ALeRT:-http://www.alertuk.com
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