barring exceptional circumstances, medical records are the patient's records, not the doctor's and we are hopefully moving closer to people owning/accessing own records as a matter of course
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same with body cams for police - it protects BOTH parties. I have investigated or responded to complaints where people said no-one had spoken to them/or had told them things they never did say and being able to point to 3 hours of recorded conversation would help put them to bed
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I couldn't agree more. This holds particular significance for me as my interest is in consent - where the law recognises the conversation, not the form to be the critical element. In theory, at least.
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ZHH "...the law recognises the conversation...." I'm surprised. What law covers this pls?
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It stems from case law, as I understand it Ken? It's been a while since a trawled through it all, but it's touched upon in this DoH guide: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/138296/dh_103653__1_.pdf …pic.twitter.com/ul5ywU2Dsz
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ZHH I think very many patients + loved ones will be surprised by this
@ianmsyme Needs a radical update -
Indeed it does. These may also interest you Ken. They are the 2 written parliamentary questions which Charlotte Leslie submitted to DoH after meeting with me. http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-07-15/205948/ … And... http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-07-16/206241/ …
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