vixxy666 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hi all we're moving to oz v soon and just wondered do we need our medical records? I don't think we're going to bother with optician and dentist records as there's nothing a new examination couldn't tell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Not unless you've got children and they will need their red vaccination books. Or if you've a serious ongoing medical condition or some such. For the rest you can give your medical history yourself once there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixxy666 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thanks snifter think we'll save the £50 each and not bother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger2shirts Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Your GP should just print them off and not charge you! They are your notes and you are entitled to a copy - its dubious if £50 is a reasonable charge - kick up a fuss! Unless its a s....... practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Your GP should just print them off and not charge you! They are your notes and you are entitled to a copy - its dubious if £50 is a reasonable charge - kick up a fuss!Unless its a s....... practice! Most will give you a basic print out but your full notes they usually charge a fee to have them done. It seems to vary price wise. I've seen figures between £20-50 being mentioned in the past. If you actually don't need to take them, I'd not bother. Its one less thing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If you've had dental x-rays in the last year or two, I'd recommend getting a copy of them, rather than paying to get a new one done when you get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missus B Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I got mine the other day and it cost me £40. I have a long standing medical condition. But I'm not sure how useful they are. I can't even imagine they will read them:skeptical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeka Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 We paid for our medical records - our GP's charged us 10GBP each as an administration fee. It is free to 'see' your records but they have the right to charge for the printing/admin etc. We have never used them but it was useful for me as I am a diabetic so I had the history of my blood sugars. Dental - no need as they just examine your teeth and make notes. My advice would be to ensure you have a check up and any treatment completed before coming here. Opticians - useful to bring a report so when you get your eyes checked they can know of any changes within your eyes. We brought ours and was useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haunted1234 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I got mine the other day and it cost me £40. I have a long standing medical condition. But I'm not sure how useful they are. I can't even imagine they will read them:skeptical: I too have a long standing medical condition so brought my notes...it meant i didnt have to have more blood tests to 're diagnose' my doc was lovely and read through them and took copies. i was shocked to read through my notes...when years ago i had gone to the docs about the breakdown of my marriage and the receptionist had put exclamation marks and 'smilies' in them! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missus B Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I too have a long standing medical condition so brought my notes...it meant i didnt have to have more blood tests to 're diagnose' my doc was lovely and read through them and took copies. i was shocked to read through my notes...when years ago i had gone to the docs about the breakdown of my marriage and the receptionist had put exclamation marks and 'smilies' in them! LOL! Mine were the same! Made my blood run cold some of the casual remarks that were made in some of them. Technically, they are breaking the law by doing that. But I wasn't bothered as they were made by my old GP, and I moved practices due to unprofessionalism anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boganbear Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I would say yes, get copies of them as it can be difficult remembering even basic things like have you had your injections/boosters etc done and even if you do not have any particular health problems you never know when details would come in handy. I was surprised at how detailed mine were and had results of blood tests etc. Oddly enough I was researching charges for providing copies for work yesterday. If their COMPUTER records have been updated in the last 40 days then they are not allowed to charge. If they were last updated over 40 days ago the MAXIMUM charge is 10 pounds by law. If you want a mixture of computer and paper records they can charge up to 50 pounds. It is probably best just to get copies of the computer records. With regards to comments on paper records which come people were shocked about. They were probably not breaking the law at the time. The Data Protection Act 1984 only covered computer records until 2006 (I think) then it was extended to paper records. When I worked in a bank, some details of customers were deliberately kept on paper records so they woudn't comply with legislation. Some comments were quite rude so I bet they had a nightmare having to review customer files before the new legislation came in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missus B Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I would say yes, get copies of them as it can be difficult remembering even basic things like have you had your injections/boosters etc done and even if you do not have any particular health problems you never know when details would come in handy. I was surprised at how detailed mine were and had results of blood tests etc. Oddly enough I was researching charges for providing copies for work yesterday. If their COMPUTER records have been updated in the last 40 days then they are not allowed to charge. If they were last updated over 40 days ago the MAXIMUM charge is 10 pounds by law. If you want a mixture of computer and paper records they can charge up to 50 pounds. It is probably best just to get copies of the computer records. With regards to comments on paper records which come people were shocked about. They were probably not breaking the law at the time. The Data Protection Act 1984 only covered computer records until 2006 (I think) then it was extended to paper records. When I worked in a bank, some details of customers were deliberately kept on paper records so they woudn't comply with legislation. Some comments were quite rude so I bet they had a nightmare having to review customer files before the new legislation came in! Afraid not. The Caldicott Principles came into effect in 1997. As a medical professional, I have to adhere to these principles, alongside The Data Protection Act 1998 and 1994. I think you maybe referring to the Computer Misuse Act 2006. http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/infogov/codes/lglobligat.pdf Page 21 & 22 highlight these points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berto Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Just the question I was going to ask, I rang our GP yesterday and like yourself it £50 each, there is 4 of us so just an extra cost we could do without, we are all healthy but my youngest has has a heart condition ( he was discharge last Sumer) should I just pay for his and not bother with the rest of us? Any suggestions or anyone been without and has that been a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandJon Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I'd just get the full records for your youngest, we didn't bother with our records at all - except for the optometry script for my freaky eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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