GP Practice

[tamborine]

If I change my present surgery to a new practice, will the old practice inform nosey-parkers where I have moved ?

[ChuckFickens]

No. the old practice will still be covered by the data protection act.

In fact once the practice has been moved over the old practice no longer has any need for your data and should destroy it.

[China Doll]

You would have to give the address you now live at to the new practice.

[jackthehat]

Which nosey-parkers ?

[tamborine]

My MIL phone number overwrites mine on present surgery notes; that's a breach of DPAct ! I dont want this repeated.

[jackthehat]

Get them to alter it.
A simple 'phonecall from you would sort that out.........!?

[China Doll]

I really don't understand this query. Call and change your number.

[ChuckFickens]

I'm lost too!

[tamborine]

I did that 3y ago when OH died but have discovered it again. Glad I dont use them since preggies - years ago !

[tamborine]

I dont live with MIL - we have separate numbers but FIL & OH have same names. MIL's been poking into my medical history.

[jackthehat]

Why do you insist in typing in such a convoluted manner ?

You think it would be easier to register at a new surgery rather than insist that your present surgery updates your contact details ?

Am I closer now.............? :o/

[China Doll]

Call the surgery, give them your mobile number and inform them no other number is to be used. Inform the manager of the surgery about your concerns about a breach of patient confidentuality.

[tamborine]

convoluted, cause I use abbreviations ? Surely it's clear that I dont want my mother in law (MIL) poking into my medical records. A new surgery would, hopefully, not be known to the old bag.

[jackthehat]

Your MIL shouldn't be able to get any sort of access to *your* records.........no matter who has what initials.
Your records would have been separate from your OH, too.

How can you be certain that she has gained access to them ?

[tamborine]

Why else would her phone number be on my records when she has never used the same surgery; I've been there for 40+ years, albeit rarely used but am peeved that my loyalty has been so abused.

[jackthehat]

I am exactly the wrong person to be asking..............

But it doesn't mean that there are any suspicious reasons for it.

[tamborine]

Back to OP to those who work in surgeries - would you inform on the move or contact the patient first ?

[China Doll]

The one person on here who does work for the NHS doesn't understand your question!

As I have said before. If you change GPs then you register your address and contact details with this one.

If you stay with this GP then you call and change your contact details and then ask to speak to someone regarding the breach of confidentiality you think has happened to get the situation resolved.

[jackthehat]

When your register at a new surgery, your current surgery are contacted and send, 'physically send' your patient records to the new GPs.

If, however, you haven't asked for the correction, they will arrive at your new surgery with your MILs 'phone number exactly where it is at the minute !!!!

[hc4361]

How do you know she's been looking at your records?
If you haven't been to the surgery for years, how do you know and what effect has it had on you?

[tamborine]

My son needed his sprained ankle dealt with, that's how i found out. I Informed the surgery 3y ago of their phone error but MIL number is back on our records.