NHS SAR template and info

[MARTIN3030]

Thanks to speedfreak for this

 

 

Here's my letters plus a copy of the SAR form I received.

 

NHS SAR/FOI guide plus form I received yesterday - handy to know what address and documentation you have to supply. Also has fees.

 

NHS SAR Guide.pdf

 

Subject_access_request_form 110825.pdf

 

Letter to GP for records taken from guide

 

Access to Health Records under the Data Protection

Act 1998 (Subject access request)

Patient’s authority consent form for release of health records (Manual or Computerised Health Records)

 

Date of request 27/07/2012

To: Dr Foster - Puddle Lane Gloucester

From : Mr Speedfreek, 15 Milky Button Towers Lego Land, D.O.B. xx/xx/xx, Telephone xxxxxxxxx, NHS Number xxxxxxxxx

 

Please accept this as a formal request as above for a copy of all computerised health records held by yourselves relating to myself from xx/xx/xxxx to present day. If there are additional paper records please could you indicate what these are? If you redact any of my record please could you provide a summary of what you have redacted and a explanation of why you have done this?

I understand that a fee of £10 is chargeable for this request.

 

As for the format of the data provided and if easier for yourselves I am quite happy to accept those records on a DATA CD or any other media that can be read/recorded on/to via a personal computer.

 

If required you can contact myself on the telephone number xxxx xxx xxxx. It has an answering service, so if I am unavailable please leave a message.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

Follow up letter after they failed to supply all info. My dealings with this - a patient summary/overview holds nothing controversial or from a 3rd party so does not need any decisions on what can and can't be released to you. It's also very simple to press print on go make a cup of tea and collect after 5-10 minutes. Getting the associated records under this summary page involves them doing something! Like getting everything authorised by a senior medically trained partner and clicking/going into each individual entry. The lady was not happy when I chased this yesterday.

 

So deliberate obfuscation or pure laziness? Hiding behind the former as it's a lot of effort to do the latter fully I'd say!

 

Dear xxxxxxx Practice,

I made a request for a full copy of the records held by yourselves on myself in a letter (enclosed) on the xx/xx/2012. Unfortunately you have not complied fully with my request! Now what I asked for was;

 

' a copy of all computerised health records held by yourselves relating to myself from xx/xx/xxxx to present day. If there are additional paper records please could you indicate what these are?'

 

What you have provided is a summary of my record without the underlying data that accompanies it. Now associated with my record summary are letters/referrals/reports/etc which I also require copies of as part of the original request. I know these exist as I have partial copies of some of them and my overview/summary that you have provided clearly indicates that these letters/referrals/reports/etc exist.

I hereby formally request that you release this data in its entirety to me, as is my legal right under the Data Protection Act 1998 and therefore fully comply with my original request.

 

To make things simpler I am not after anything related to my physical health in the slightest; like blood test results etc. What I'm after is everything held, sent or received with regards' to my mental health. To narrow it down even further; everything from and including my first referral to counseling dated xx/xx/xxxx by Dr xxxxxx xxxxx to present day.

I would appreciate it if you also included the DWP reports about myself which have been requested/completed recently. They will get to me eventually I'd rather that it be sooner.

If any of these are still held on paper or if you decided to treat this as a new request I am fully prepared to pay any new fees due. I would not be making this request if I wasn't.

I look forward to hearing from you soon, yours faithfully

[citizenB]

This thread has been replaced with updated information which can be found by following the link below.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?391996-NHS-GP-SAR-Guide-to-Obtain-a-copy-of-or-view-your-patient-records-Updated(7-Viewing)-nbsp