Thread: The letter about a renewed FAL comes to his GP.

Originally Posted by jakewire

Does one of these get sent to everyone's GP?

As I understand it, in the future it will be sent for all new applications and renewals. I see issues arising from this and think there will be matters related to it that will eventually end up being challenged in the courts.

What concerns me most is that knowing that there is an obligation on their doctor to inform Police could cause some people who truly need a doctor’s help, to avoid getting the help they need.

I am also concerned about how conflicted between a perceived obligation (not aided by the Police ambiguity in their use if the words “must consider notifying”) and patient confidentiality many doctors will feel.

It is also not the case that everyone has a single health practitioner that they attend when ill (many just rock up to an A&E).