Has a patient asked you to ‘bend the rules’? Here’s some guidance on unreasonable requests

Georgie Haysom.

“Jake seemed quite distressed during the appointment. I provided him with referrals, as I was worried about the knee mass and did not want to expose Jake’s father to any more radiation.”

This seemingly uncontroversial statement was made by a GP during tribunal proceedings in a case recently handed down by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and reported in AusDoc last month.