showdan

Hi

Missus has been working through the tips on things to do before you leave, and it says something about getting a copy of your medical records to take with you. Is this really necessary? There's no real medical conditions with any of us and the medical practice want £50 per set, so it would cost £200 for the four of us. So are these something I should really take or aren't they that important?

cheers
showdan

Wendy

I never brought mine. I have a thyroid problem, and was never even asked for medical records when I went to see the doctor. So save your money.

showdan

Excellent! thanks for the quick reply Wendy.

M_and_J

Good topic...would be interested to see if anyone did NOT take them and experienced any problems...as you say, £50 per person is not cheap.

This is a useful leaflet from the Patient's Association;

http://www.patients-association.org....calrecords.pdf

(I like the way they say a "reasonable fee up to £50", like anyone will charge less!)

Thanks

Marcus

Pollyana

Brought mine, purely for my own interest actually as my mum seemed to spend a lot of her time dragging me to doctor's surgeries as a kid! After 4 years the only time I opened the envelope was when I read them through myself.
I then worked out that no, I hadn't had my tonsils out, that bit of the record belonged to someone else, and yes, that was the test results that they had to send for again for my mum's condition back in 1979 or summat cos the doctor had lost them........
Very entertaining, wish I was still in touch with my friend from age 7, cos I'd love to tell her that they kept her mum in hospital an extra day when she had her tonsils out cos "the kids were troublesome and she'd get no peace at home" !

If you get your records - check them carefully....you never know who's secrets may be in there!

M_and_J

And they wonder why people have no faith in electronic records being accurate on a huge NHS database!