Has anyone any experience of getting medical services to agree to taping/videoing an examination? - the IB handbook goes into great detail about the conditions that must be met - at the claimants expense.

How much do they charge?, or could I arrange to attend with the client with my laptop and a microphone and burn off a CD for each party at the end of the examination (I once did a short college course in sound engineering so I believe myself to be suitably qualified!)

also, anyone know what medical services are likely to do if I attend with a client and secretly record it, and then use the evidence to back up a complaint?
the text in the handbook sounds threatrening, but what can they actually do apart from refuse to consider the recorded evidence?

thanks

extract from IB handbook:

4.1.3 Audio and video taping of examinations
Should a claimant attend the assessment requesting permission to either audio or video tape the medical assessment you should politely refuse on the following grounds:
The Department for Work and Pensions never requires that a medical assessment for the purpose of advising on entitlement to state sickness or disability benefits be recorded on audio or videotape.
Such a claimant request can only be agreed with the prior consent of the examining doctor, and then only if stringent safeguards are in place to ensure that the recording is complete, accurate, and that the facility is available for simultaneous copies to be made available to all parties present. The recording must be made by a professional operator, on equipment of a high standard, properly calibrated by a qualified engineer immediately prior to the recording being made.
The equipment must have facility for reproduction so that a copy of the tape can be retained by all parties
The responsibility for meeting the cost of the above requirement rest with the claimant.
Any request by a claimant for an assessment to be audio or videotaped must be declined unless the above safeguards are in place. The claimant must instead be offered the opportunity of a rescheduled assessment in the presence of a companion or other witness. If the claimant refuses to avail him/her self of this opportunity and refuses to proceed with the assessment, the doctor should return the file to the Department for Work and Pensions with a note explaining the situation.
Unauthorised taping
It is for Medical Services, in conjunction with their legal advisers, to determine the action to be taken in the event of a claimant making an audio or video recording without the prior knowledge and consent of the examining doctor, or without ensuring that the safeguards defined above are in place.