In article <[log in to unmask]>, Mary Hawking
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Jel wrote
>> Personally, I think it is over the top though - we
>>are all bound by a professional code and we would be in breach of it if
>>we requested records of a patient that is not seeing us.
>
Mary replied
>It has been known to happen.. And not just by professionals!
>Think of the MI5 and journalistic scoops just waiting to happen!
>
I meant of course, that the requirement for signed authority for
transfer of paper charts between GPs is over the top - not the
requirement for security etc on an electronic system that holds medical
records.
Cheers
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