Solicitor married to my doctor - uncomfortable about using

BlondeHeadOn

Caroline73 wrote: »

The professional thing for the solicitor to do was to inform the OP that his wife, Dr X, was a GP in that area and that he was mentioning it because of OP's address.

The unprofessional thing for the solicitor to do was to ask his GP wife if she knew the OP.

I'm a nurse and have to abide by confidentiality codes of conduct, and there have been lots of times where things have been difficult but you don't discuss ever! I wouldn't even give examples in case they could be recognised.

This is my view exactly!

Just to clear up any misunderstandings, there is no way I would consider making any complaints about this; as my original post says it just made me feel uncomfortable about using this solicitor. I was trying to assess whether this was a reasonable reaction or not.

And to answer another post, I am a very infrequent visitor at the surgery (like I haven't seen my doctor for over 2 years which is about my average), so it's not as though I would be a memorable patient....

It's interesting to read so many views on this, obviously there are some ethical issues here.

And I have already decided not to use this solicitor!

Thanks to all.

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squibbs25

Glad you've made your decision.
Good luck with the probate.