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Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:16 am ]
Post subject:  Bogus doctor suspended for bent medicals to cabbies
Doctor from Penarth suspended for misconduct

7:40am Thursday 2nd June 2011

A Penarth doctor has been suspended for two months from the Medical Register for misconduct, after he signed off medical forms for taxi driver applicants when he did not have access to their records.

Dr David Richard Foster, a consultant radiologist in Bridgend, provided medicals for four people who went on to obtain hackney carriage /private hire drivers licenses from the Vale Council, between August 2009 and January 2010, charging £25 for each.

The Vale Council requires drivers to obtain such medicals from their GP or a doctor at the same practice who has full access to their medical records.

When questioned by the council, Dr Foster admitted he was not a GP and that he did not have full access to the applicants’ medical records - but said he obtained a full history by questioning each of them. He later confirmed that he should not have conducted the medicals.

Following subsequent examinations by their own GPs, one of the four applicants was identified as diabetic, with a poorly managed condition.

The Vale Council complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) on the grounds that Dr Foster had been ‘less than truthful in completing the forms, had gained financially, and potentially put the public at risk by confirming a driver as fit when he may not be’.

On behalf of the General Medical Council, Paul Bridge - investigation officer for the Fitness to Practise Directorate - said: “Dr Foster’s consultation with the four applicants seems to have been a one-off consultation for the purposes of them obtaining a medical ‘all-clear’ to obtain a license.

“There is no evidence that Dr Foster had a long-standing relationship with any of the patients which would have given him knowledge of their medical histories beyond that which the applicants chose to give him.

“The allegations in this case are serious as they involve repeated dishonesty in a professional context. Such allegations raise a presumption of the doctor’s fitness to practise being impaired.”

Because of the findings, the case was referred to the Fitness to Practise Panel, which considered the case from May 9 to 12.

They heard evidence that Dr Foster accepted his wrongdoing, had suffered anxiety, shame and regret over his actions, and that there had been no previous issues during his 39-year career.

However he was suspended from the medical register for two months.

“The Panel has determined that it is in the public interest, appropriate and proportionate, to impose a period of suspension on your registration,” they said.

“This is necessary to make it clear to you, to the public and to send a strong message to the profession that dishonest behaviour cannot be tolerated.”

Source; http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/9060 ... isconduct/
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:17 am ]
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Not good at all; well naughty!!
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:06 am ]
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£25? whens he bach?


:lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  mycab [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:17 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote:
£25? whens he bach?


:lol: :lol: :lol:


h.uh £25 thats a joke 203020 has an even bigger one here in dundee
Author:  Doom 101 [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:32 pm ]
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Why can any doctor give you a medical for a HGV and a 52 seater double deck bus.

Don't the same medical records need to be considered to drive a 40 ton truck?
Author:  Sussex [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Bogus doctor suspended for bent medicals to cabbies
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Dr David Richard Foster, a consultant radiologist in Bridgend, provided medicals for four people who went on to obtain hackney carriage /private hire drivers licenses from the Vale Council, between August 2009 and January 2010, charging £25 for each.

Why on earth would a consultant, who earns more in a day they we do in a week, do this? :?
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:55 pm ]
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Medicals are like MOTs , they are only valid on the day of the test
Even under your own doc he will ask you questions and if you dont tell him or her how are they meant to know
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:22 pm ]
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skippy41 wrote:
Medicals are like MOTs , they are only valid on the day of the test
Even under your own doc he will ask you questions and if you dont tell him or her how are they meant to know


folk drop dead with no previous medical problems, have heart attacks, strokes, etc, etc. if we knew what and when to expect it

statistics sho most accidents happen within 5 mile of home, so im bloody well moving!
Author:  edders23 [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:35 pm ]
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Our council requires your 3 yearly medical to be with your own GP so something like that can't happen here but £25 I can see why drivers went to him my surgery charges £45 the other main surgery £110
Author:  sasha [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:34 pm ]
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I see little point in compulsory medicals unless they are with your own GP.

They were introduced a few years ago here but you can go to ANY doctor and unless it's your own GP they have no idea of your medical history or access to your records. Fair enough you get a check of your heart and eyesight but the rest is done on trust, and of course if you did have any serious complaint that may affect your ability to get a badge what are you going to do, lie of course.

Personally I prefer this method, not having any health problems anyway, but if I did it would still mean I could renew my badge. But it does make a mockery of and undermine the whole reason why medicals were brought in in the first place.
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