Published on 12, July, 2020
I have asked my GP surgery to give me access to my NHS medical records back to childhood. This is an attempt to find something from them which will prove to be the 'hard' documentary evidence of early autism that my autism assessor is demanding from me.
Despite the obstructive attitude of the GP's Receptionist I managed to fill in a form at the GP surgery, and was told it would be sent on to their main branch for processing. I won't be able to follow it up until tomorrow so I am still waiting....
My questions are:
How long does this usually take in reality (ie: to actually get to see the records)?
Will I need some sort of reference book to decode the medical jargon in the records, and if so what can I use? Or is it written in plain English?
What kind of thing will I be looking for with relevance to autism?
Do NHS autism assessors already look at your full health records? My assessor previously told me she'd seen my care records, but during out first assessment meeting I could tell she didn't know all about my medical conditions at all, (or did she?)
Would be grateful for any insight of previous experience with this, especially with regard to what is relevant to signs of autism.
Thanks.
Well I wish you luck. I have been wondering whether to ask to access my medical notes myself, but I don't live in the UK. And now it may just about to get to be even more difficult.
I always knew something unpleasant was being kept from me, then one day I inadvertently caught sight of what one of the child psychiatrists, psychologists, or whatever, had been saying about me.
Sorry......no intention of hijacking your post. In your case, if you think there is dirt that can be used in your medical notes and you are actively pursuing a diagnosis and you are sure this will be helpful to you, then pursue it. It is not as of there is a blood test that can prove any of this.
nexus9 said:Sorry......no intention of hijacking your post. I
You did
nexus9 said: you think there is dirt that can be used in your medical notes
Not dirt, truth
nexus9 said:It is not as of there is a blood test that can prove any of this.
YES there is in my case. Did you not read?
Whatever. FYI I just tried to delete it, you call the mods them. I'm leaving.
Goodbye.
Well Esmeralda I will try again. The delete button turned up but nothing happened.
All I will say in my defence is that I only wanted to share my experience, on the topic stated and it is not clear to me how that originally was truly hijacking. I have now cut out the details of my own story, but I am not apologising any further for my own writing style or for not being able to read all earlier replies on my mobile at 4 in the morning, and I will not take any abuse.
This last week was one of the worst I have felt in some time and your response was the most hurtful I have experienced in many years. I might still subscribe and I certainly won't if I am going to get this kind of response to posts I make.