Access to Medical Records

Abbots Bromley Surgery is registered and complies with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA18), which became law on 25th May 2018 and also the General Protection Regulations (GDPR).

The GDPR is a single EU-wide regulation on the protection of confidential and sensitive information and the DPA198 implements the regulations into comprehensive UK legislation.

For more information on this please see our latest Privacy Notice which you will find In STATUTORY INFORMATION – PRIVACY NOTICE.

Any medical record copies request will be dealt with in accordance with the above mentioned Act.

Any patient can request to view their Medical Record, for which we have a Subject Access Request Form (SAR), this form will need completing in full stating which certain information you wish to have access to, reasons why and a section for your signature.

We complete the request within 28 days of receiving the SAR form, however if there is going to be a delay of any complications or issues then you will receive a phone call from Dr Judith Bull to explain the reasons why.

To request access to your records, or to obtain a SAR form please contact Kerry Plant via telephone call on 01283 840228.

Alternatively, we can offer you limited access to your Medical Records via Patient Access. This is an APP which you can download and also use for ordering Repeat Medication, to request basic access for Patient Access please call Reception and ask for an Account Linkage Key to be emailed to yourself.