BBC medical records story

[Adrian Midgley]

No need to serupt.

You can ask for and pay for a copy.

People going abroad would do well to have a copy of their notes, and also=
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make sure they are parked somewhere while they are away, as the NHS may=20
destroy them after a couple of years if you declare at a port you are goi=
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away.

Of course, in Holland you have a right to demand your records are destroy=
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at any time.  I feel ambivalent about this, as I feel the records are in =
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useful quite often.