[UK] Is it possible to obtain your own NHS scan imagery?

I've had mine from a London hospital. It was included in the fee I paid to get my entire medical records. Getting copies of the scan images was a very difficult process as they are not included in the normal medical records dump to paper that one normally gets. Usually they will provide the written report of the scan. It took about 1 year to get them all and many letters and phone calls. This was years ago now and I don't know the current charging arrangement or law now.
 
MEMarge said:
I routinely do this now when anyone has a scan, because of the history of things being lost/not sent to consultant etc. Was not that expensive last time I needed one, can't remember exact amount, maybe around £10, but a few years ago.
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Interesting, how did you go about getting hold of it... ie who did you ask & when? -how did you initiate getting it?
 
InitialConditions said:
Does anyone know if the rules regarding access to medical records from your GP apply to hospital records? They are generally different systems.
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I guess it depends on whether you want information going forward or historical records.

I think mist consultants will send you a copy of test results and letters to your GP if asked but not the records themselves. I would imagine you woukd need to approach the local health authority.

Patient Liaison (PALS) might be able to help if anyone here doesn't have the answer.
 
Yes, I did – cost me £10 for the DVD.

It's available to you under GDPR, and your hospital will have its own procedure for submitting a Subject Access Request. At the moment there might be a delay, or they might even have suspended the service, but it will be available eventually.
 
InitialConditions said:
Does anyone know if the rules regarding access to medical records from your GP apply to hospital records? They are generally different systems.
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You are entitled to copies of hospital images but generally they have to be burnt on to a new CD. You cannot get them sent to your email or put on a memory stick for security reasons relating to bugs in hospital computers. You normally have to pay. The images may require special software to read though. So they may be good to give to another doctor to read but may be difficult to open without hospital software.
 
Just to update: I submitted a Subject Access Request to the two different NHS Trusts that I have used, in the same way I did to my GP practice. Waiting on the information to be posted or emailed. Scan imagery is usually included and there was explicit mention of it on the forms I had to fill in to request the data from one of the Trusts. You do not have to pay. I hope everything is included and I don't have to chase missing documents/information.
 
InitialConditions said:
Just to update: I submitted a Subject Access Request to the two different NHS Trusts that I have used, in the same way I did to my GP practice. Waiting on the information to be posted or emailed. Scan imagery is usually included and there was explicit mention of it on the forms I had to fill in to request the data from one of the Trusts. You do not have to pay. I hope everything is included and I don't have to chase missing documents/information.
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This is a few years old, so I am hoping you did get everything you wanted!

I am interested in getting a couple of CT scans re-analysed so curious about how easily that data is provided by the NHS.
 
Starrynight said:
This is a few years old, so I am hoping you did get everything you wanted!

I am interested in getting a couple of CT scans re-analysed so curious about how easily that data is provided by the NHS.
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It should be easy enough. You submit a SAR and the form should include an option to get all imagery. If not then add that request yourself. The hardest part is dealing with the file formats and reading the imagery files, because different trusts use different packages and you'll need to install a reader such as Horos.
 
InitialConditions said:
It should be easy enough. You submit a SAR and the form should include an option to get all imagery. If not then add that request yourself. The hardest part is dealing with the file formats and reading the imagery files, because different trusts use different packages and you'll need to install a reader such as Horos.
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The imagery won't mean much to me. If I do get hold of them I might have to find a private consultant to view scans, which is going to be another learning process to go through. I am hoping it doesn't come to that.
 
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