Reviews of Medical Reference Providers for FAC Applications
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:17 pm
This a thread to post any reviews or experiences of using medical reference providers if your GP surgery won't cooperate . . .
Here's my experience.
As my GP refused to provide a medical reference in support of my FAC renewal (despite having done so for the last 4 renewals), I used the cheapest internet medical records provider I could find, (Dr Ian McKenzie at https://firearmsmedicalreports.co.uk) to provide the reference. This cost £50.
I asked my records from my surgery using a Subject Access Request and they were emailed to me 19 days later (note that now the referee has to obtain them directly). I forwarded them via email to Dr McKenzie with his application form and he completed the reference within two days, copying the letter to both me and the Firearms Licensing team. As far as I could tell he did a proper review of my medical records, and provided a factual record in the reference, with no opinions expressed.
The reference and my renewal application should have arrived at Police HQ within a couple of days of each other. The Police accepted the reference with no question and renewal was duly issued.
I'd use this service again quite happily. However if my medical history had anything 'complicated', where I'd need a medical opinion expressed in the reference, I'm not sure that the straight factual account Dr McKenzie gave would be acceptable.
Triffid
Here's my experience.
As my GP refused to provide a medical reference in support of my FAC renewal (despite having done so for the last 4 renewals), I used the cheapest internet medical records provider I could find, (Dr Ian McKenzie at https://firearmsmedicalreports.co.uk) to provide the reference. This cost £50.
I asked my records from my surgery using a Subject Access Request and they were emailed to me 19 days later (note that now the referee has to obtain them directly). I forwarded them via email to Dr McKenzie with his application form and he completed the reference within two days, copying the letter to both me and the Firearms Licensing team. As far as I could tell he did a proper review of my medical records, and provided a factual record in the reference, with no opinions expressed.
The reference and my renewal application should have arrived at Police HQ within a couple of days of each other. The Police accepted the reference with no question and renewal was duly issued.
I'd use this service again quite happily. However if my medical history had anything 'complicated', where I'd need a medical opinion expressed in the reference, I'm not sure that the straight factual account Dr McKenzie gave would be acceptable.
Triffid