ACCESS TO PATIENTS RECORDS/DETAILS
Health care professionals:
Health care professionals must not pass on information about you without your written permission (except to other people involved in your treatment).
Solicitors:
The surgery does receive requests from solicitors, for access to copies of the FULL medical records, in respect of various claims arising from accidents. In the event of a request being received, copies are NOT sent until we are in receipt of the signed consent of our patient.
Medical records:
You can apply to see your own medical records but you can also apply:
- On behalf of your child, with your child’s consent, if your Doctor decides it is in the best interest of your child.
- On behalf of someone who is not capable of giving their permission, you would have to go through a court to be able to do this.
- To see the records of someone who has died if you are acting as their personal representative.
- A charge is applicable for all the above.
To find out more information, please go to the 'Practice Policies' section on the right hand side of the screen