>That is why I think that the
> patient should routinely receive a copy of all results.
> Mike Collins<
So how would you get the results to the patient, by direct mailing? I
can't really see health centres and outpatient clinics reacting kindly
to handing out reports to patients.
Not really the best of ideas seeing how many whingeing telephone calls
we get about lost, misplaced, or even worse "We haven't got this patient
on our panel" queries about reports.
Supposing somebody else receives a report intended for a local celebrity
telling them that they have an STD, or, that another local celebrity has
seriously deranged LFT's with the appended clinical comment "excess
alcohol consumption"
After the local press had had a field day, the lawyers would have
theirs.
Mike Collins wrote:
>
> Les Culank wrote
>
> > Firstly, the Doctor-Patient relationship. If a GP sends the lab
> > a request on his/her patient, would it not be a courtesy for the
> > lab to obtain the GP's consent before give that result to anyone
> > else?
> Surely there is something wrong with the doctor patient
> relationship if the GP objects to the patient getting a copy of
> the results,
> >
> > Secondly, an MLSO who is State-registered in the UK will be aware
> > that his/her disclosing results to a patient (except under a few
> > defined conditions) might still amount to Infamous Conduct.
> As an MLSO I am aware of this. That is why I think that the
> patient should routinely receive a copy of all results.
> Mike Collins
>
> Mike Collins MLSO3
> Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology
> The General Infirmary at Leeds,
> Old Medical School, Thoresby Place
> Leeds LS1 3EX, UK
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> The opinions expressed here are my own.
> My colleagues and employers may not agree with them.
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Dr David G Williams FRCPath Eur Clin Chem
Department of Biochemistry
Sunderland Royal Hospital
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