Medical records on CD

calcotti

pollyanna_26 wrote: »

I would get a report from your gp.

That really does depend on whether you think your GP knows you and understands your condition and how it affects you. Your GP does not see you doing the activities PIP assesses you on.

GP letters often simply confirm diagnoses and they have nothing to say about impact. I have also seen GP letters which are simply wrong about the impact “xx should have no difficulty doing .. .”

pollyanna_26

That's an excellent link poppy. I advise those with no support in real life so that's very helpful thank you.
I've bookmarked it once I tracked down my bookmarks after the changes to my laptop.
polly

pollyanna_26

calcotti wrote: »

That really does depend on whether you think your GP knows you and understands your condition and how it affects you. Your GP does not see you doing the activities PIP assesses you on.

GP letters often simply confirm diagnoses and they have nothing to say about impact. I have also seen GP letters which are simply wrong about the impact “xx should have no difficulty doing .. .”

I can understand your thinking on this one. My family has been with the same practice since the late 70s and dds present GP has cared for her for over 15years . Our original GP retired a few years ago but passed dd to him a few years earlier as he was up to date , proactive and had the right way to break through and connect with someone strugglingwith life. We call him Superdoc and he is .


I must rememhas not everyone is so fortunate and many struggle to find a practice taking on new patients or get an appt at their surgery. I know 2 weekly face to face appts with a named Dr aren't so common now so will take care in future. There are good and bad health professionals out there and I based my post on a Dr who knows dd inside out and sees her struggles and fights her corner always.
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zaksmum

I emailed the hospital SAR dept today and they said it's no problem to put my records on paper and I am to collect them tomorrow.

I'll only send the most relevant paperwork, but as the problems started in '86, is it worth sending them a copy of the hospital report from my admission right after the accident? Just so they know what happened and why I'm still struggling today? Or would that not be of interest to them?

My GP of 40 years retired last year, and his replacement would have no idea of my medical history.

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If that's the case I'm quite impressed, as paper copies would cost them to produce.

poppy12345

zaksmum wrote: »

as the problems started in '86, is it worth sending them a copy of the hospital report from my admission right after the accident?

That's more than 30 years ago and may not be used as evidence, unless you have more recent evidence to back that up.

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zaksmum wrote: »

I emailed the hospital SAR dept today and they said it's no problem to put my records on paper and I am to collect them tomorrow.

I'll only send the most relevant paperwork, but as the problems started in '86, is it worth sending them a copy of the hospital report from my admission right after the accident? Just so they know what happened and why I'm still struggling today? Or would that not be of interest to them?

My GP of 40 years retired last year, and his replacement would have no idea of my medical history.

Your GP medical records will be documented so your new GP will be able to get up to speed with your history by reading them. GP's do not remember every detail. The rely mainly on your medical notes.

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30yr old documents are not evidence of how your conditions effect you today.

You could have gotten better, been given drugs or treatment to manage or cure your conditions in 30yrs.

They need recent evidence that shows how you meet the pip points test now.