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It does indeed, I can see why the OP is keen to keep this from potential employers!
Technically they are the property of your local GP, not the state.
For the record i work in primary care IT, and you wont be getting your medical records deleted. Most GPs computers simply do not give the doctors power to remove records. They can tag notes onto old consultation notes, but the system wont let them outright remove it.
You need to sign a disclosure agreement with your GP in order for them to comply with any request to view your medical record. You will be required to physically sign this and return it to them. You best check with your employer exactly what they want from your medical records. It will look odd if you refuse to sign the form granting them access to the records, or request a different form from normal that only grants them access to the last 2 years etc..
Are you sure your future employer is not going to just bring you in for a medical ? have they specifically given you the consent form to give to your GP ?
Your GP will not divulge anything without such a form.
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LOL - I love this post.
"I hate the NHS for keeping records on my past illnesses"
In my experience, if a company wants to do a medical before you start you can't just "refuse to give them your doctors details".
Well you can....but don't be expecting a second interview.
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I have worked in primary care. You will not be able to get them deleted or amended. Your employer will if they need to, make a request to your GP for your medical records to be disclosed. You will need to agree to this before anything is released. You are able to specify to your GP as to what information is disclosed. Also, will be worth mentioning to your GP that the problem is now resolved, and this to be documented.
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For what it's worth most of my day is spent dealing with Medical Records and the Electronic Patient Register.
I'd be interested to know from a GP (and we have a few on here) how an employer would ask the GP and what exactly for?
I've never heard of a GP requesting Medical Records but they definitely send their records to the hospital to put in the main Hospital Notes.
At our Trust if you want a copy of your Medical Records it will cost £50.
I'd be interested to know from a GP (and we have a few on here) how an employer would ask the GP and what exactly for?
I've never heard of a GP requesting Medical Records but they definitely send their records to the hospital to put in the main Hospital Notes.
At our Trust if you want a copy of your Medical Records it will cost £50.
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I thought the DPa limited the cost to £10/£20 ?
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We definitely charge £50.
You ought to see the size of some records, today I collected a 7 volume one that was about 2 foot in height.
Scanning that into a PDF would take one person at least 2 days.
Today I saw records that were about 10 pages but that will still cost £50.
They will also have access to Oncology, Ortho, EDMS, Therapies and copies of X-Rays for that price.
X-Rays can take a while to copy and at the moment I'm in a war with radiology because they want to know which X-Rays I want copying but I ask for everything.
For some reason even if the claim is about a shoulder damaged in 2008 a Solicitor will still want to see X-rays of the knee taken in 1987.
Nope £50 for medical records. When an employer or lawyer etc request it they will send a covering letter that normally either states they are wanting a full record in which case it will be a £50 fee under DPA with a signed form from the patient in question giving consent for their records or information from their records to be sent. Or they may want a report based on information from their record with particular pertinant parts relating to their job/injury etc. depending on what the reason for the request was. There are "suggested fees" for letters and reports depending on the detail involved, it may be much less than £50 for simple requests, or possibly more if it's a detailed report as it may take a long time trailing through and interpreting the notes +/- an examination. The £50 fee under DPA is only intended to cover admin costs of copying the data so will have no interpretation normally.
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Add to the above that I then have to send the records to a Consultant/Surgeon etc who then decides whether the patient can have their records or stuff needs to be taken out.
From the day of the Letter Of Claim we have to Disclose the records within 40 days.
From the day of the Letter Of Claim we have to Disclose the records within 40 days.
The medical records situation is shocking, it cost me £30 to get a copy of my records from my GP the other week. If they had just put them onto a computer in the first place it would be a matter of clicking the print button.
Back to shocking guesses what the OP is trying so hard to hide?
Sex change?
Iffy infection?
Mental illness (stress or breakdown most likely)?
Please excuse the joke at your expense I can understand concerns but I doubt most normal employers would require full access to your medical records.
On a side note i screwed up my leg on the rocks at the beach here this weekend and had to go to the quacks to get the wound cleaned out and dressed. Today I had an email from someone at work back in the UK asking me how I was etc. the Insurance compnay had told my employeer all the details of my claim including the records of treatment. Good job I hadnt caught a dose in Iteawon or something and had to go to the local clinic isnt it!
I'm rather annoyed about this invasion of my privacy. Medical stuff is private for a reason.
Sex change?
Iffy infection?
Mental illness (stress or breakdown most likely)?
Please excuse the joke at your expense I can understand concerns but I doubt most normal employers would require full access to your medical records.
On a side note i screwed up my leg on the rocks at the beach here this weekend and had to go to the quacks to get the wound cleaned out and dressed. Today I had an email from someone at work back in the UK asking me how I was etc. the Insurance compnay had told my employeer all the details of my claim including the records of treatment. Good job I hadnt caught a dose in Iteawon or something and had to go to the local clinic isnt it!
I'm rather annoyed about this invasion of my privacy. Medical stuff is private for a reason.
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I don't think you understand what Medical Records are and how complicated they are.
I thought exactly like you until I saw how they are compiled.
I've spent many a moment trying to work out how it all could be computerised and without billions of pounds being chucked at it and the re-education of every NHS worker who puts pen to paper it would be impossible.
There is also the problem that we have started to send encrypted PDF files to Health Professionals who were involved in the cases we deal with and they all send them back demanding to see proper written on notes and not scanned ones.
You do have a point if we take your care journey from now on.
You have all your Medical Records so how hard is it from now to keep it all computerised?
I've heard rumours that we are supposed to be paperless by 2015 but we'll see.
You can't I'm afraid. I know, I've tried.
It is not possible for someone to not understand what a medical record is, the name is self explanatory.
My point was that it is shocking that the data had not been entered into a computer in the first place requiring massive expenditure to do it now.