GP won's sign PA14 form

Undervalued

Keep_pedalling said:

The form does not have to be signed by a doctor it can be signed by any of the following

• a registered medical practitioner (for example the patient’s GP)
• a registered psychiatrist
• a registered approved mental health professional
• a registered social worker
• a registered psychologist
• a state registered nurse
• a state registered mental nurse
• a registered occupational therapist

If someone is in a care home it is almost certain that at least one if not several of the above will be involved with the patient. 

That is fine but is it a required part of their NHS duties?

If it is not, then who would indemnify them if they signed the form and the matter ended up being contested in court?

Flugelhorn

Undervalued said:

Keep_pedalling said:

The form does not have to be signed by a doctor it can be signed by any of the following

• a registered medical practitioner (for example the patient’s GP)
• a registered psychiatrist
• a registered approved mental health professional
• a registered social worker
• a registered psychologist
• a state registered nurse
• a state registered mental nurse
• a registered occupational therapist

If someone is in a care home it is almost certain that at least one if not several of the above will be involved with the patient. 

That is fine but is it a required part of their NHS duties?

If it is not, then who would indemnify them if they signed the form and the matter ended up being contested in court?

that unfortunately is the problem and I was often concerned seeing people putting their signature things where they perhaps didn't appreciate the full significance. 

Re Indemnity - GPs have to pay for defence membership to cover anything "private" like this and to get advice re other matters. When I retired a couple of years ago it had gone down to about £600 a year - prior to that it was £15K as the defence organisations were covering all negligence claims etc - I worked some of the time  in out of hours so treating people not previously known to me and hence high risk. 

Nurses have a bit of RCN cover but whether it would cover this I am not sure