stupid medical record question

I have no clue what to bring for this. I haven't been to a doctor in years. Therefore no records for the last 3 or 4 years.

So do i even need to bring anything with me? of course I have had all my shots because i went to college and stuff but where those records are at this time i don't know.

My doctor barely glanced at mine. I had blood work done right before leaving the States, and he made me do it all again (they use different metrics, I guess).

They might care if you have a complicated problem, though.

I agree. I wouldn't worry about it too much, unless you have something special that you want to show them. I'm sure I took mine and I'm sure no one cared.

Bring your immunization record along. As to the othe records, they are only really important if you have a diagnosed condition. Because, as I have just learned, if you don't have the records they just might make you take all the diagnostic tests again!

I never brought any medical records over.

When I signed up at a surgery, I had an interview with a nurse in which I provided my medical history and we reviewed my medications.

I work in a GP surgery, and the replies you have had so far show the variety in response you can get from surgery to surgery. This is not a stupid question and I wish I'd thought to ask it and bring mine when I moved over.

But the basic process that all new patients registrations should go through includes a summarisation of your medical record (or a review of an exisiting summary at the very least). In larger surgeries this is usually not done by a doctor, but by a summarising administrator. This then gets coded onto the surgeries clinical computer system so the doctor can see at a glance if you have any active or past significant problems. If something is seen when your record is summarised, you could be called in for review to make sure all is well. The level of summarising varies from surgery to surgery, in ours we enter significant past test results to either establish a baseline or record past abnormals.

So if you have any problems it is in your best interest to bring as complete a record as you can. I agree your immunisation record would be important. One of the most wonderful things about the NHS/National Health Service is your medical record gets transferred from GP to GP if you move, so it follows you for life in the UK and is complete. For UK citizens it's compllete from cradle to grave. All hospital and out of hours attendences are reported back to the GP, so they can react if necessary, and the report is added to your file. The UK is ahead of the USA in that some GPs can share your electronic record with secondary care so if you show up at a hospital and give your permission, the hospital can see your history, current meds, and past test results. It's a wonderful sytem when it works!

One of the most wonderful things about the NHS/National Health Service is your medical record gets transferred from GP to GP if you move, so it follows you for life in the UK and is complete. For UK citizens it's compllete from cradle to grave. All hospital and out of hours attendences are reported back to the GP, so they can react if necessary, and the report is added to your file. The UK is ahead of the USA in that some GPs can share your electronic record with secondary care so if you show up at a hospital and give your permission, the hospital can see your history, current meds, and past test results. It's a wonderful sytem when it works!

I'm wondering how long they keep your medical records with a particular surgery? I'll be returning to the same surgery after 15 years away. I was with them for over 20 years and never thought to notify them of the move (thought I'd be back a lot sooner!) I still have the (old-style) NHS card but wonder if they have kept my records?

I'm wondering how long they keep your medical records with a particular surgery? I'll be returning to the same surgery after 15 years away. I was with them for over 20 years and never thought to notify them of the move (thought I'd be back a lot sooner!) I still have the (old-style) NHS card but wonder if they have kept my records?

If the surgery somehow learned that you were no longer living at the address they held for you, they might not have your notes anymore. This usually happens if they or the PCT mailed you something and it came back to them that you are no longer at that address. We also contact patients to check their addresses if we get correspondence from a consultant or hospital attendance that shows a different address than the one we hold for a patient. The surgery would send your record back to the PCT to be held until you reregister with a new GP, but I don't know how long the PCT hold records these days. It used to be they never destroyed any records, but I don't think that's true anymore. I think some GPs periodically audit to see which patients have not attended for a long time, buy you could be in luck and the surgery may still have your record and consider you as registered

I think some GPs periodically audit to see which patients have not attended for a long time, buy you could be in luck and the surgery may still have your record and consider you as registered

Hmmm, since the practice has just moved to a new building I somehow suspect they would have weeded their records (if they haven't already)! We'll see ...
Thanks Sally.

thanks all i will see if i can get my shots records at least ... i graduated college in 2006 sooo hopefully they still have records of it?? lmao


i am so lost where to go for all this info since i dont have a regular doctor and when i was in school i just went to the on campus clinc for anything

Honestly, don't fret if you can't get it. I know I didn't have a record of immunizations (I was WAY out of college by the time I went to the UK). The only doctor I really saw in the US was my gyno once per year, so I took stuff from her. When I had my first appointment in the UK they asked when I had my last pap and I told them. They only do them every 3 years, so they'll let you know if you need to have one. I made sure I had just had one prior to going, as well as a visit to the dentist. Oh, the one thing I did make sure to take as a prescription that I had and that was no problem.