Deed done! DVLC medic helpful / understanding.
John Charlton. Derby.
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> From: Hilary Curtis <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: alcohol and confidentiality
> Date: 18 March 1998 09:35
>
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, "John A.
> Charlton" <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >On a similiar note I have a chap who consumes bottles of scotch and
drives.
> >Police are poised. As he gets in his car to travel a few hundred yards
so
> >drunk he cannot sometimes cannot get out.
> >
> >I'm trying to get hold of the DVLC. Am I doing right?
> >
>
> Yes, absolutely. You could be at risk from the GMC/courts if you did
> not inform the DVLC in this situation.
> >Tried + leaning on him to no avail.
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> >> From: Emile de S <[log in to unmask]>
> >>
> >> The Access to Medical Reports Act does not apply to doctors employed
by a
> >> company for the express purpose of providing a medical opinion, only
to
> >those
> >> who are the patient's own medical advisors, providing information to a
> >third
> >> party.
>
> There is a viewpoint which says that medical care is defined as (roughly
> speaking) examination +/or advice +/or treatment. Hence any doctor who
> examines a patient, even if only for the purpose of writing a report,
> is providings providing medical care, which means that the Access to
> Medical Reports Act does apply. As I understand it, this has not been
> tested in the courts, but it does form the basis of current BMA advice.
> --
> Hilary Curtis, Executive Director, BMA Foundation for AIDS
> http://www.bmaids.demon.co.uk/
> Promoting an enlightened medical view on HIV and AIDS
> BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP, UK
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