Independent doctors are viewed as ‘cowboys’
Dr Shaima Villait
Private GP Dr Shaima Villait rued the lack of integration of records between the NHS and private sector.
The BMA private practice committee deputy chair said: ‘There’s no reason for there not to be a joined-up system. But until private doctors are seen as doctors, not cowboys, there will always be that issue.’
She complained private clinicians were not seen as doctors – many of her patients had no NHS GP but had to register with one for a Covid vaccination.