"Anthony R. Gold" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:55:05 +0100, "mert1639"
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"BobC" wrote in message
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On 15 Sep, 09:15, BobC wrote:
What I was really getting at was, should he have reported to the
police the fact that someone was going around with a false/someone
else's driving licence?
If someone had presented that to me, I would have, but I'm not in the
medical profession.
As part of my work I do get presented with driving licences and have a
duty of confidentiality, but if someone tried to fool me by presenting
a clearly wrong one, the confidentiality would got out the window and
I'd report it!

No.
The only time they have disclose information to the police is for gunshot
injuries, terrorism and, I think, child abuse.

Of those I believe that is true as a matter of law only for terrorism, and
even there the duty is no greater than for someone who is not a medical
professional. However the General Medical Council imposes some further
reporting obligations on doctors who are registered with them.

You may well be right. I thought that they were obliged to report gunshot
wounds by law.