Access to Records
About your health record
Your healthcare record contains important clinical information, which may need to be accessed by the healthcare professionals involved in your care. Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to see or obtain a copy of your health records by formally requesting a copy in writing.During the request process we will require two forms of ID before release of the records.
Your health records are confidential and members of your family are not allowed to see them, unless you give them written permission, or they have power of attorney. Please click on the link to access the patient consent form
Types of health record
Health records take many forms and can be on paper or electronic. Different types of health record include:
- consultation notes, which your GP takes during an appointment
- hospital admission records, including the reason you were admitted to hospital
- the treatment you will receive and any other relevant clinical and personal information
- hospital discharge records, which will include the results of treatment and whether any follow-up appointments or care are required
- test results
- X-rays
- photographs
- image slides, such as those produced by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computerised tomography (CT) scanner
Accessing your health record
Following the GDPR Regulations it is free of charge to request your records, unless there is a reasonable fee for administrative cost, if the request is found to be manifestly unfounded or excessive. If this is the case the Access to Records team will supply more information at the time of the request. CHCP have one month after the request is received to respond, unless the request is complex then we may request an extension.
The Information Governance Team
City Health Care Partnership CIC
5 Beacon Way
Hull
HU3 4AE
Please click on the link to access the patient consent form
You may be refused access to some, or all of your health records undercertain circumstances, such as if a healthcare professional believes that the information would cause serious harm to the mental or physical health of you or any other person, or if giving access would make known, information relating to, or provided by, a third person without their permission.
* in some instances, a charge may be applicable.
To find out more about your information and how we use it, click here.
