Another change medical records

This is an overdue and welcome development. I just hope it will be available in Wales. It will allow be to check and amend my medical record (Only by accident did I find one significant error in the past, which had been adversely affecting my insurance). It'll enable me to see when I last had a tetanus jab so I can keep up to date, or see if I ever had mumps as a child etc. But better than that, it will give an A&E Dept instant access to the accumulated records from various hospitals (NHS and private) and GP practices which have treated me, to see such things as current drugs regimes; allergies; intolerance of NSAIDs etc etc.

The assembly of big data from all sources will enable, for the first time, the quick spotting of trends such as happened after the introduction of thalidomide. It has the support of the Royal College.

Yes, I can hear the concerns about security etc etc. But I am content to use my bank's app daily, and I believe that the benefits of the NHS scheme outweigh the risks. It has my support.

mikethebike wrote:Hi I find it hard to believe records go that far back.
Regards
Micky

I recall being non-plussed in about 1999, when my dentist handed me a very dog-eared manilla wallet which held such of my dental records as had been passed to him: in glorious copperplate handwriting, the Clerk who'd started the file had written in my name and my (then) address, and had completed my date of birth in a box which said "Date of birth:___ ___ 19__"; to my dismay, I saw the pre-printed box beneath that. It said ""Date of death:___ ___ 19__"!

As Oscar said, Reports of my death are exaggerated!