"Joe Lee" invalid@noaddress wrote in message
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Indeed & in exactly the same way that it's not an offence to carry someone
else's passport. But it is an offence to produce someone else's, or simply
fraudulent documents in attempr to show entitlement to drive, cross
boarders or obtain NHS services to which you are not entitled.

We don't know if we was doing that. As I've pointed out it is common for
GPs to treat patients unentitled to NHS at their own expense.

There can be no duty of patient confidentia;lly IMO until the identity of
the individual can be reasonably proven & that only needs to be done when
first registering with a GP's practice.

Nonsense. The patient is someone comming for your services, whether they
are a registered patient or not. It is common to treat someone without
being sure of their nationality - what if they are unconscious?