dennis@home wrote:
On 30/01/2018 22:44, wrote:
On Tuesday, 30 January 2018 21:45:00 UTC, Graham. wrote:
In article ,
looking for something else last week, I came across an installation manual
with large letters on the front "DO NOT LEAVE WITH CUSTOMER"
That was printed on the installation instructions for my Gloworm
boiler.
Something like "Not to be read by the patient" used to adorn medical
notes hanging from the foot of hospital beds.
The NHS still applies that policy.
NT
No they don't.
Yes they do, legally. In theory one needs the person responsible for
the given section of the notes to give approval for the patient to read
them. Some departments may have a blanket policy of letting patients
read them, but you might find that does not apply to the whole
historical note folder. Or it might, but legally it shouldn't. Don't
shoot the messanger, I don't agree with this law myself - it's a bit
paternalistic.
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Roger Hayter