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UK doctor is suspended after certifying taxi drivers without seeing medical records

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An associate specialist in orthopaedics and part time out-of-hours GP has been suspended from the UK medical register for a month after he admitted to certifying 127 taxi drivers as… Click to show full abstract

An associate specialist in orthopaedics and part time out-of-hours GP has been suspended from the UK medical register for a month after he admitted to certifying 127 taxi drivers as fit to drive a cab without seeing their medical records. Bimal Singh assessed prospective taxi drivers in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough over a nine month period, a task normally undertaken by the driver’s own GP. On each report, he falsely signed a declaration that he had seen their medical records. Singh failed to tell his primary or …

Keywords: without seeing; seeing medical; taxi drivers; doctor suspended; medical records

Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017

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