Theres a street in London full of these criminals most of who are British its called Harley Street. ome of them told me" theres more crooks in this street than in Wormwood Scrubs nick"
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
Licence to ill Investigation reveals dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers fake medical test over fitness to drive Three doctors caught selling faked all-clear form — required to get an official cab licence - but one did not bother with tests ROGUE GPs are coining it from minicab and Uber drivers by lying on vital forms about their fitness to carry passengers. Three doctors caught by The Sun were happy to sell a faked medical all-clear — required to get an official cab licence. They were meant to have performed check-ups. But one did not bother with any tests at all. Tonight the General Medical Council was horrified. Chief executive Niall Dickson said: “We will investigate the evidence gathered by The Sun as a matter of urgency.” A Sun man posing as a would-be driver visited three cab firms across London who knew which doctors he needed to see. Our man joined a queue at the surgery of Dr Ashraful Haque Mirza in Morden, South London. A driver on his way out told him: “I live in Southall — my GP there said £150 and I have to wait eight days. Here it takes five minutes and £50. “You see that fella going in before you? He’s here for the same thing.” The doctor hurriedly filled out the undercover reporter’s forms, simply making up the results of blood pressure and eyesight tests. Like the other GPs we nailed he ticked a box saying he had access to our man’s full medical history, which was a lie. At one point the reporter told him: “When I get tired my vision gets a bit blurry.” Dr Mirza, 42, said: “Right, OK. Fine” He carried on filling in the form before handing it over, saying: “They won’t give you any problems with that.” Our man paid him £50.At Brentford Station Cars in West London the minicab centre brought in a doctor. Our man was 21st in line to see Dr Abdi Greek, 50, whose surgery is in Hounslow. He never asked about any illnesses and took £80. Another doctor in Barking, East London, also agreed to sign off our man’s forms and falsely declared he had seen his medical history. Transport for London, which requires all 100,000 private hire and Uber drivers in the capital pass the medicals, said: “We take all allegations of fraud very seriously and will investigate.” Uber said: “The Sun should be commended for this expose. “There should be tough action against any GP who has falsified medical certificates. “Any test centres which have been found to cheat the system should be closed down.” Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, also praised us for lifting the lid. Labour MP and Transport Committee member Graham Stringer said: “This is a serious scandal which is putting the public at risk.” Dr Greek, from Hayes, West London, claimed he “always” asked candidates for medical histories. When informed we had secretly filmed him his response was: “OK, that’s fine.” Dr Mirza, of Streatham Hill, South London, refused to comment. source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1897962/i ... -to-drive/ |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
Proper English names there. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
The thing is that to fill NHS posts we are recruiting doctors from around the world and from parts of the world where corruption is widespread so in their minds it would probably seem normal to do this |
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| Author: | youbeenbusy [ Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
One driver in my hood was blind as a bat for years then got the op, now he drives without glasses. How he passed his medical was a mystery. Then again he does have a foreign name. Maybe that helped him pass the medical. Looking back he was a worse danger than someone with a few pints in them. |
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| Author: | mancityfan [ Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
youbeenbusy wrote: One driver in my hood was blind as a bat for years then got the op, now he drives without glasses. How he passed his medical was a mystery. Then again he does have a foreign name. Maybe that helped him pass the medical. Looking back he was a worse danger than someone with a few pints in them. Makes you wonder how many dangerous hgv and bus drivers there are? They all have the same medical, oh dear I forgot so do pilots. |
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| Author: | trotskys twin [ Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
Theres a street in London full of these criminals most of who are British its called Harley Street. ome of them told me" theres more crooks in this street than in Wormwood Scrubs nick"
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
When a minicab firm brings in a GP is its office to do the medical, alarm bells should be ringing. And why are TfL getting the Sun to do its enforcement work? |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
mancityfan wrote: youbeenbusy wrote: One driver in my hood was blind as a bat for years then got the op, now he drives without glasses. How he passed his medical was a mystery. Then again he does have a foreign name. Maybe that helped him pass the medical. Looking back he was a worse danger than someone with a few pints in them. Makes you wonder how many dangerous hgv and bus drivers there are? They all have the same medical, oh dear I forgot so do pilots. and drivers of bin lorries in Glasgow ! |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
Sussex wrote: When a minicab firm brings in a GP is its office to do the medical, alarm bells should be ringing. And why are TfL getting the Sun to do its enforcement work? we HAVE to have the medical done by our own GP |
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| Author: | trotskys twin [ Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
edders23 wrote: Sussex wrote: When a minicab firm brings in a GP is its office to do the medical, alarm bells should be ringing. And why are TfL getting the Sun to do its enforcement work? we HAVE to have the medical done by our own GP SENSIBLE 
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: dodgy GPs getting cash to help minicab and Uber drivers |
edders23 wrote: Sussex wrote: When a minicab firm brings in a GP is its office to do the medical, alarm bells should be ringing. And why are TfL getting the Sun to do its enforcement work? we HAVE to have the medical done by our own GP I go to my own GP by choice, I could go to the £30 chap who just signs you as OK after giving you a quick once over but I choose not to, my own doctor charges £70 but I know he's got my records in front of him. |
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