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Full Assessment - will not having anyone historic to bring be a big problem?

NAS ANON

Hello,

I have got my letter through for my full assessment. It has been broken up into 3 stages. the second stage is described as "This appointment will involve one of our clinicians meeting or calling one of your parents or someone who has known you since you were a child."

I was not brought up by my parents. I have not kept in touch with anyone from my childhood. I have not kept any reports (or anything) from my childhood. 

I am now worried that when they realise this they will cancel my assessment or at the end of it state they cannot complete the assessment. I did state in the pre assessment that I had no-one I could bring, however it seems for the full assessment this takes a more central part of the process.

Has anyone else had this issue and would be willing to share experience or information as to how big an issue this is?

thankyou

Parents

  • I was able to gather some very helpful history from people and photos, but as it was 'private' (I can't use NHS from abroad), no medical records were available. In any case, I doubt a 1950s country GP's records would have said much of any relevance. They might not even have been legible. But in fairness to NHS records, I was assured by a very helpful contact person that my records were still extant, and also where they could be found. And apparently, it is possible to apply to see and copy your own records. They would probably still need interpreting by a medical professional, though. Might even be in medical shorthand, for instance. Now, you are possibly younger than myself, and your GP might have made some relevant notes. Has your GP been contacted to arrange some sort of transfer of your medical records to the assessors?

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  • I was able to gather some very helpful history from people and photos, but as it was 'private' (I can't use NHS from abroad), no medical records were available. In any case, I doubt a 1950s country GP's records would have said much of any relevance. They might not even have been legible. But in fairness to NHS records, I was assured by a very helpful contact person that my records were still extant, and also where they could be found. And apparently, it is possible to apply to see and copy your own records. They would probably still need interpreting by a medical professional, though. Might even be in medical shorthand, for instance. Now, you are possibly younger than myself, and your GP might have made some relevant notes. Has your GP been contacted to arrange some sort of transfer of your medical records to the assessors?

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