Storm brews for clients over GP reports

The conflict was ignited by insurers using data protection legislation to reduce the fees paid to GPs for medical reports and is likely to see clients being sent their full medical records by doctors following requests from insurers. It stems from the termination of an agreement between the ABI and British Medical Association (BMA) on fees insurers should pay for requesting medical evidence. As a result, according to a report from Pulse, the GPs news service, insurance companies are using data protection law to request the whole patient record for as little as £10 each, instead of the...