FAC/SGC Application/Renewal Form changed again :(

[phaedra1106]

Form 201 has been changed yet again.

 

For the medical declaration it now asks you to list all GP practices you've been registered with in the last 10 years and also adds the following question,

 

"Are there any periods in the past 10 years when you have not been registered with a UK GP or have consulted medical practitioners other than at your GP practice?"

 

So do we now have to list every hospital visit to say A&E, EN&T, diabetic clinic or having a boil on your bum looked as each time you will have consulted a medical practitioner outside of your GPs practice

[ozzy518]

I'd say visits to a and e and suchlike would be entered onto your medical records anyway. Tho I reckon I'm gonna have to declare my privately paid vasectomy!

[rbrowning2]

All this ....... And wait for it we got ................. Oh nothing ....... still waiting for the ten year certificate.

[David BASC]

Its only relevant to the points listed in the notes at the back of the form.

 

For example, just because I have to go for checks on a lesion at the back of one of my eyes at the local hospital, which does not impact on my vision at all, and was picked up at an regular eye test at Asda does not need to be reported at my renewal next year

 

David

[phaedra1106]

I contacted David at BASC,

 

"Having looked again I think its important to recognise that this only relates to conditions that must be declared ie:

Relevant medical conditions which must be disclosed include, for example:
Acute Stress Reaction or an acute reaction to the stress caused by a trauma
Suicidal thoughts or self harm
Depression or anxiety
Dementia
Mania, bipolar disorder or a psychotic illness
A personality disorder
A neurological condition: for example, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons or Huntingtons
diseases, or epilepsy
Alcohol or drug related abuse"

[Jay_Russell]

Ludicrous. In the last ten years I often spent months in different areas of the country for work. Sometimes I registered somtimes I didn't. How on earth am I supposed to remember every doctor I visited, when I registered and when I didn't. Medical records are just that, records. It's the same which ever doctor I used.

[phaedra1106]

It's only for the conditions you're already required to disclose (see list above) so anything else like minor injuries at A&E etc. you don't need to declare.