charges for accessing sons slt reports

Hi all,

I have a four year old son who is due to have his autism assessment next week.

I have also applied for dla as we have an awful time with his sleep, or rather lack of! He has been receiving slt for over a year now and I have never had a report of his progress or identified difficulties. I asked today for a copy of his report and was told I have to pay 30 pounds and apply formally to the health trust. I am in Northern Ireland. I am just wondering how you guys all seem to have copies of reports etc, did you have to pay or were you able to access them for free?

IntenseWorld over 11 years ago

Clarify in writing that it is not a request to access his health records. State that you understand it to be normal practice for parents to be sent a copy of their own child's assessment results and you have never been sent anything, that you imagine this to be an accidental omission and you request that they remedy this.
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pookie5488 over 11 years ago

They are basically treating it as a request to access his medical records and that is why they are charging. I would have thought as a parent I would be entitled to this information as standard.
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IntenseWorld over 11 years ago

I've never heard of being charged for a report, in the NHS it's free and NI is part of the UK so surely you also have the NHS? I would query this with NHS PALS.
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