The BMA has tried repeatedly to get the insurance industry to sort this one out.
 
the economics of it are such that they can only make money if they prevent as many as possible not being paid for.As the population ages more people will get ill abroad.
 
Please keep sending the info to the BMA, the more examples of poor practice they have the better.
 
Also complain to the Chief Medical Officer of the company requesting the info
 
Trefor

From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Russell Brown
Sent: 16 November 2007 10:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Damned if you do, and Damned if you don't. Insurance abroad again.

Not with a long stick with something unpleasant on the end.

I'm very concerned that the "consent" these requests arrive with are not properly informed.

As far as I'm concerned the insurance company entered into a contract with the patient.  They should honour their commitment and sue the patient for recompense after the event if it turns out the patient neglected to tell them something.

Don't know what the BMA are doing if anything about it.

Like any other private work, you may decline to undertake it, provided you do so promptly.

And I have extremely thick skin, emotional blackmail doesn't work, and is named as such if anyone tried it on.

Good luck.

Russell

On Nov 16, 2007 10:09 AM, Paul Bromley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
GPUkers, may recall the last thread that we discussed on this,
regarding releasing medical information for patinets who need
treatment/re-patriation. Have just had another request for this which
initially I declined. They were persistent however and asked to speak
to me. The usual emotional blackmail re the patinet not getting
treatemnt unless I provided the information ASAP. Did we reach any
conclusions re this?? did we not suggest that the BMA should look into
this?? If so has anything been done?? I am likely to provide the
information for a peaceful life, but fear the repurcussions if the
patinet is not covered. however by not releasing the information, no
doubt I will get the wrath of the patinet. When I mentioned to this
girl that no fee was mentioned, she said 'er no'. When I mentioned
that if I did it then a fee would be required, she said 'er, yes'. She
seemed amazed that I was getting so irate about releasing this
information and when I stated that I knew many other GPs who would be
unhappy about releaasing the information, she stated that she had not
come across one!

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Paul Bromley

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