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I believe that I started the thread on the last occasion. I declined and stated that I was not prepared to do the report at that point in time as the information they were requesting - i.e. dates of onset etc had no relevance to the care of the patient at that point of time. I also stated as mentioned later in this thread that they should have determined the dates of onset at the time that the insurance was initially taken out, and that having taken the money of the patient to insure them, they had an obligation to offer a service. I had no repsonse back from them. Surely they should deteremine at the outset whether they will insure or not and on what terms, or they should argue the toss after the repatriation. An adverse report from us and failure to repatriate etc will only bring the warth of the patient onto us. As mentioned, this happens year in and year out, and these firms need to be told by a national body. Paul Bromley On 02/04/07, Saul Galloway <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Another of these requests today as we warm up to the holiday season. I saw > the earlier thread but didn't see if anyone had a slick method for declining > to do them. > > Patient gets told that without report from their GP they "Europ Assist" in > this case cannot process their claim. > > Patient signs consent form so is presumably conscious and able to give a > history. > > Would > > "Patient has signed your consent form and is therefore presumably available > to make a health declaration directly. I have no further medical information > to add." > > .. be appropriate? > > > ********************************************************************** > This message may contain confidential and privileged information. > If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. > Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail > or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly > prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has > gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. > > NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million > messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and > more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health > system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail > ********************************************************************** > -- Best Wishes Paul Bromley www.floridaholidayvilla.biz Superb Villa in Orlando with own pool - Free Internet & International Phonecalls.