Should I let her

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My cousin has asked to have use of my address to register with a GP. My GP is a very good one so I can see why she would want to especially as she has a number of health conditions. Aibu to let her use my address? She wouldn’t be using it for anything else.

You can register with any gp’s If they have capacity for new patients. They will encourage you to leave if you aren’t local but due to agenda for change they can’t force you to leave. The logistics make it difficult if they have patients who live far away from the surgery

I moved 3 miles from my previous address and less than half a mile out of catchment and was kicked from my GP,.my in catchment GP is further from my new house than my old GP was!

Don't lie. Liars always get caught out - it may take a while, but she'll be found out.

Lying isn't fair to anyone.

Have you posted about this before, maybe from other viewpoints? Just because, if it is the same poster, then there's a bit more to this story.

No I haven’t posted this before. I’m new to this site. I understand these a risk of her being caught out but it’s unlikely.

If you've already made up your mind to do it, why bother asking?

Are you just waiting for someone to come along and validate your decision?

The GP will use your address for any fit notes she gives her employer. Prescriptions will have your address on too. This is full of future complexities OP.

I haven’t made my mind up I’m still on the fence. She’s pushing me as she wants to register tomorrow.

Sounds very iffy to me, OP.
Why the rush anyway?

She did ask me a few weeks back and I said I would think about it. She’s now messaging me everyday about it.

My surgery doesn't let you register if you're not in the area, you can't pick and choose which surgery you want. I've had issues with my surgery going back years, well before any covid related restrictions, and I enquired about transferring to another surgery about 10 minutes drive away and was told I can't. I wouldn't let her use your address OP, it could end up with both of you being blacklisted if you get caught committing address fraud.

I recently moved to a new area and had to show proof of address to register. The law may not state that you have to provide it but the surgery might. My new GP surgery is not one with a good reputation either, so it’s not like people would be flocking to register for that reason.

I haven’t made my mind up I’m still on the fence. She’s pushing me as she wants to register tomorrow.

I think you have. Almost every response to your question has been not to allow it, but you're still allegedly on the fence.

What are your reasons for thinking this is ok?

YABU and I’m pretty sure we had the same question yesterday worded differently

It is fraud. She needs to register using her own address and if your practice won’t take her because she’s out of the catchment area she will need to register with the surgery in her own area

I posted a different thread after my partner told me that he thought it was fraud.

This is risky. Is it possible that your GP practice could strike you off their list if they found out? Also, she will be using services for an area she doesn’t live in, this potentially delaying treatment for others who do live there. She seems to be okay about that, your question to yourself should be are you?

Your partner’s right - it’s fraud. Don’t do it.

You say there are three docs near each other so doubt they will be full. Dont bet on it. There are 4 practices in my area, about 14 docs total. All hopping.

Is she fit enough to travel half an hour every time she needs an appointment, with her multiple conditions.

Oh look, another name change asking about registering for different catchment areas.

You've posted variations on this theme so many times OP.

Why need two threads on what is the same question though? It’s fraud and you shouldn’t let her.

Don't do it. If she gets caught the GP could deregister you too. She would need a bill in her name with your address on. You gain nothing from this and take some risk
Plus, once she has registered for the GP using your address she has proof she lives there and can use your address for other things too

Thanks I will tell her no. I don’t think she will be very happy with me though unfortunately.

This is so stupid. So with these health conditions I’m assuming she will have a hospital appointment at some point - so the letters will be going to you. Also how’s she going to collect prescriptions?

She can collect her proscriptions from the pharmacy.