PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW FORM

This is the consent attached to the psychology review form expected from
Worksafe.

They are demanding your treating doctors obtain your consent whether
or not you agree with releasing your medical details or not!

This is not good enough and is putting treating doctors in an precarious position.

The AMA has stated in a media release recently that they will support any
of their members who decide not to enforce the consents that are as far as
we are concerned, a breach of our privacy rights.

The following is taken from the notes section of the form:

CONSENT INFORMATION:

The treating practitioner is legally responsible for obtaining the
patient’s consent for disclosure of information where necessary.
Maintaining an open channel of communication between Agent,
patient and practitioner is crucial to achieving the best outcome
possible for the patient. The treating practitioner plays a vital role
in helping their patient understand this concept.

If your patient refuses to sign this form and thus prevents the
disclosure of information, difficulties may arise regarding ongoing
payment for services. This issue should be discussed with your
patient. The relevant Agent should then be notified.


COLLECTION OF PERSONAL AND HEALTH
INFORMATION:

Personal and health information collected on this form and in the
course of providing the treatment or other service is collected for
the purposes of managing your claim, monitoring the treatment
that you are receiving and assessing your future treatment needs.

It may also be used for other purposes related, or in the case
of health information, directly related, to these purposes,
including for the purposes of legal proceedings arising out
of the Accident Compensation Act 1985.

Personal and health information collected about you may be
disclosed to VWA; its Authorised Agent or self insurer; to their
contractors, agents and legal practitioners; to medical or legal
practitioners treating or acting for you in relation to your
claim; to a court or tribunal in the course of any proceedings
under the Act; and to any person or organisation authorised
by you, or by law, to obtain it.

Worksafe have to realise that injured workers do not believe that
it is fair or reasonable for worksafe to be attempting to entrap innocent
bystanders like treating doctors into traping innocent injured workers into
releasing private and unrelated medical evidence to worksafe so as they can
be beaten and battered in the court rooms by worksafes very expensive
Barristers, whom are costing billion's a year to worksafe.

So WCV's thinks worksafe should ask these billion dollar barristers to
earn their money and obtain this information like they would in any other
case via, discovery!

Not via entrapment or deceptive manners, like this is!