On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:00:13 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 20:35:05 on
Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Joe Lee remarked:
A number of Universities have put it online, eg;
http://www.uwhc.org.uk/gms1.PDF

Thanks.

Interestingly it asks for NHS number (the item I think has been
conflated with NI Number at some stage).

Also an address, which raises all the issues I mentioned before about
"proof of address" which in turn amounts to much the same as "proof of
ID" in many circumstances.

It also has the gloriously vague "if you are from abroad". What does
this mean?? Is it a backhanded way of asking if you aren't a UK
citizen, or would a returning ex-pat also have to fill in that section?
Including ex-pats born overseas coming to the UK the first time. And the
"first time you came to UK", is that 'to live', or would a trip as a
tourist count. Oh what a tangled web.

The point at issue is whether you are registered with another GP, to
avoid paying two capitation fees for the same patient. Many people,
who haven't actually seen a doctor for years, are very vague about
whther they are registered, and if so where. "From abroad" helps to
exclude that possibility.

And being asked for an address strikes me as a very different thing
from being asked for *proof* of address.

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