Medical Notes

[Tilly2]

I hope this is the right category for this.
I have just been to visit my Dad in hospital. He broke his hip on Christmas Day, was discharged on Tuesday last week and is now back in hopsital with a 'significant U.T.I' and 'depleted kidney function'.

We was in A&E last night and he was later transferred to The Acute Assessment Unit.
That's where I have just been. I asked the nurse if I could see his notes and she refused saying, 'They are not your notes. If you want to see them you have to apply to the 'General Office'. I will find out where that is tomorrow.

I have power of attorney for my dad. Will it be a problem accessing his notes? Was she right to refuse to allow me to see them. I presume it has something to do with data protection.

[Dee Sa]

my OH is in and out of hospital quite a lot and because of the bed shortage they discharge people far too soon and about 40% of these people are back in hospital within a week.wait till after the ward rounds and have sneaky peak at the notes.