gp's medical records

[ste v]

[razza]

Written in invisible ink

[RATTER15]

and.................

[factor-fiction]

Confidential, obviously

[boxtops]

consent form required

[carlton23]

I bet he leaves everything unfinished.

[boxtops]

This might help
http://www.avma.org.u...o_medical_records.pdf

[dothawkes31]

I saw my records once purely by accident and the very first entry written across the top (from 1955) reads - 'leave car at farm gate, 500 yard walk to farmhouse on hillside.' lol

[ttfn]

dot - are you sure those were your medical records - sounds more like James Herriot (;-))

[dothawkes31]

lol yep, the doctor that came to see my mum after I was born wrote that apparently, it's been on my record card ever since! The envelope is quite thick now and infact I think this new doc I have uses a computer!

[carlton23]

Don`t they all dot?

[boxtops]

one would hope so, with the imminent arrival of the Electronic Care Record!

[dothawkes31]

my last doctor only used his computer to print out prescriptions, he hand wrote notes on the attached pages in the record envelope, but I don't think the doc wrote on the cards last time i went, though all the records were still in the buff packet thing.

[boxtops]

You'll probably find that the paper notes are being summarised onto the computer dot, we no longer have the Lloyd George envelopes (although I'm sure they are archived somewhere), when I see the GP or nurse it is all done on computer - it's quite good, you can see what they can see about your treatment.

[RATTER15]

Onetoomany, you say:

"No one can view your records, not even you, only the GP, unless you have a good enough reason to have a look at them"

You do not need any reason to see exactly what is contained in your medical records, the law now states that anybody can see any records relating to them-selves stored by any health department!!

[rowanwitch]

You have to request this in writing and they need to arrange for a suitably qualified person to be present to explain things They may also withhold access to any item that may involve a third party not a member of the healthcare team... for example a note from a family member making a doctor aware of something the patient wouldn't admit to...