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    John
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    O'Brien
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    I was diagnosed with mitral Valve regurgitation in November 2017 at an NHS Trust. I was admitted with Sepsis to another NHS Trust in November 2020, where a cardiologist advised me that my valve had been damaged as a result of untreated infective endocarditis in the same Trust in 2014. He recommended that I should have an immediate replacement or repair of the valve. I continued at Trust in Redhill as out patient until in June 2022 The consultant advised me that he would obtain a second opinion from cardiologist at Harefield NHS Trust. I chased for information on several occasion with no success.. In May 2023 I asked Harefield about the referral in June 2022. They advise they would look into it, and in September 2023 I found that the referal never happened and that indeed the cardiologist at Redhill had lied to me, repeatedly. . I have no transferred my cardiology care to Harelfield and am in the process of reporting the constant at Redhill to the G.M.C. for investigation
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  1. Content Article Comment
    Brilliant article and really tells it how it is. In attending a variety of hospital over the years , I have made "subject access requests" to see my medical records , and found so many mistakes, in my medical records that it would take many months to correct. Each time I see a new doctor in a new hospital I verbally point out the errors on my records.. They all seem surprised that I took the trouble to find out. Sadly in my view, too many people place doctors on a pedestal and believe everything they are told. I owe my life to the NHS having had Sepsis twice and been treated for it. Bot no doctor or NHs system is perfect.
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    Over the last 4 years I have attended 4 different NHS trust in South East London as an out patient. Two of them are still using Royal Mail to communicate with me about appointments. One is using "dotpost and the other is using email & text. My GP and local hospital are both in Surrey, and I can access medical records at both on line . The 4 Trust in south East London have different computer systems to those in Surrey and I f I want access to medical records with any of them I have to make a subject access request under GDPR. I can see no real connection between any NHS trusts for clinical data or information until such time as they all buy l computer systems and programmes which are common to all of them nationwide
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    As a patient over the last 10 years I have attended as an in patient two NHS Hospital in Surrey and South London. Plus 5 others as an outpatient. They all have different computer systems and all use different systems for communication with patients. Two of them are still using Royal Mail for appointments., two use "dotpost" for appointment and the others use both email and text. Only two of them have access to clinical records, the other have to be sent a subject access request . Patient communication is totally disjointed and ineffective

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