"tim....." wrote in message
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"Cynic" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:25:05 +0100, 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?

It is not an offence of itself to carry someone else's driving
licence, or even to claim that it is yours. You would need to use it
to gain an advantage that you are not entitled to.

If someone had presented that to me, I would have, but I'm not in the
medical profession.

What crime do you believe the person would have been committing?

I think the implication is that they are attempting to pass themself off
as
someone else in order to obtain medical treatment that they otherwise
wouldn't be entitled to.

I don't know why.
I've never been asked to provide ID to register with a GP. Perhaps he was
doing it to make things easier with his details?
Like I said, many GPs will treat somone at no cost if for some reason they
aren't entitled to NHS services.