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Samuel W. 2 years ago • From Google

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Staff repeatedly refused to complete required medical form

My wife and I have been attempting to arrange a fostering medical form through our GP practice, but we have encountered significant difficulties with the staff response. Multiple reliable sources indicate that such medicals should be available through general practice, yet after requesting assistance on three separate occasions—and having confirmed that another individual successfully obtained this service at the same surgery—we continue to be told the practice does not offer this service and cannot assist us. We have subsequently contacted several other GP practices in our area, and all have indicated they are able to provide this service and would not refuse a patient's request for a medical examination. We are currently attempting to resolve this matter through further contact with the surgery. Following a conversation with the practice management, we learned that approximately a year ago the surgery made a decision to cease accepting bookings for these medicals, citing that they are not obligated to provide this service as it falls outside contractual requirements and that the administrative burden is too significant. This reasoning appears inconsistent given that fostering medicals are fee-paying services, with invoices sent to the requesting organisation. If resource constraints were genuinely the concern, the income generated would seemingly offset any additional workload. While I recognise the broader pressures facing the health service and the systemic challenges beyond individual healthcare workers' control, this situation appears to represent an unnecessary obstacle for families seeking to foster and a missed opportunity for the practice to generate additional revenue.

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