WARNING: Lying doctors are tampering with medical records to hide their
mistakes
DISHONEST doctors are tampering with medical records to hide their
mistakes, health bodies have warned.
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Doctors are altering medical records
to hide their mistakes
Patients are also going undergoing invasive procedures, such as surgery and
scans, without the doctors gaining proper consent - which in most cases is
against the law.
The disturbing revelation comes after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and
NHS England wrote to the General Medical Council to inform them doctors were
not always giving copies of medical consent
forms to their patients.
The Health Service Journal (HSJ) reported two cases where forms had been
altered at a later date, one claim that forms were incorrectly retained by an
NHS trust and another where a patient was treated without consent.
In one case, John Clarke claims his mother - who has terminal cancer – had
her consent form altered after surgery at
However a Trust spokesman said that the Parliamentary Health Service
Ombudsman had found no such evidence to support Mr Clarke's claims.
A Department of Health spokesperson said "robust action" would be
taken against any individual tampering with consent forms.
He said: "It is essential that patients' rights are respected and we
expect robust action to be taken against any individual or organisation that
does not follow fundamental guidance or consent."
General Medical Council chief executive, Niall Dickson also promised a
similarly tough response.
He said: "Our guidance could not be clearer - we would seek to take
action against any doctor who tried to deceive by amending a consent form."