Hi All,
Quiet W/E so.......
In East Kent the HA admindroids are out and auditing practices on their IoS
claims taking a sample of ten per example e.g. Night Visit, T/Rs,
Contraception etc.
They are at the moment concentrating on the lower and upper parts of the
claim spectrum and I suspect that in due course my turn will come.
Now whilst I am happy that claims I or my PN may have made are valid there
is the dual problem of access to patient records (confidentiality) and no
small matter of the Data Protection Act with computers.
Colleagues are minimising or ignoring the risk and our LMC has said " Make
your own mind up". MPS feel that GPs are stuffed anyway as HAs will just
request the records!
However CHC GB have sent a letter in July 98 to a GP (a copy of which I
have) where they have serious problems with this.
So that's it in a nutshell. Roll over and do the biz or refuse to comply??
What are other people doing??
I had thought of designing my own patient form that they could sign for
whatever IoS claimed but unsure whether it would be acceptable.
Baffled of Ramsgate,
Paul Attwood
GP Ramsgate
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