Can we get the images from the ultrasound scan recordings?

[abcom]

Hi, can we request the images from the heart ultrasound scan recordings? Can we receive these recordings? Thank you

[10gingercats]

Even my GP could not access these!That was a few years ago so things may have changed but at the time he was really peeved that the docs. could not access them.Ask about from your cardio. or his/her secretary.

[Blearyeyed]

Yes. You can get access to all results and images of echos , ECGs , MRI etc on a memory stick/ CDROM/ from your NHS hospital on request , but not generally online.You need to put in a request for the specific records that you want at the hospital from the Records Service.

You won't get them on the day of request , it usually takes a few weeks or more depending on the amount of records you want copies of.

It also depends on how much information you are requesting, and the amount of printing or other supplies and work required for your request as to whether it is free or it has a nominal charge. Each hospital has different guidelines for charges.

[abcom in reply to Blearyeyed]

Thank you for your answer, Blearyeyed!

[PadThaiNoodles]

Yes, I have gotten mine before on a CD (though I'm in Ireland, not the UK).

[abcom in reply to PadThaiNoodles]

Thank you!

[abcom]

This sounds very good, PadThaiNoodles, thank you.

[Turnipgirl]

No harm in asking is there?

As far as I'm aware you are free to ask for your records but you have to pay for them and have to wait to receive them.

[abcom in reply to Turnipgirl]

Thank you

[fishonabike]

Under the Freedom of Information legislation you are able to request copies of any or all of your records from the health authority/hospital trust

Often this means applying to the Patient Records Department and could involve an online or in person request - it takes time and records can come in different formats depending on who provides them

Check the hospital trust website for Patient Records or FOI

[abcom in reply to fishonabike]

Thank you fishonabike!

[momander]

I don't think you can?

[Catlover1981]

You can if you write to the hospital, I forgot the name of the Department but if you ask a Cardiology secretary she will tell you where to write to but she can't just send you them personally

[abcom in reply to Catlover1981]

Thank you, I will do so.

[annpavitt250448]

Not sure about echoes but where I live we have patient knows best and you now get a rays, c.t. e.t.c about 35 days after th scan. I have recently had results of wrist x day and c.t. Scan of aorta which I can access The liver scan I had as a result of c.t. Scan I can access next week. You don't get the image just the report.

[abcom in reply to annpavitt250448]

Thank you, annpavitt250448!

[abcom in reply to annpavitt250448]

Thank you!

[Ironfloor173]

I believe under the "access to medical rights act", you can gain access to all of your medical records, with the only proviso being that if your doctor believes you seeing them would affect your health, they can hold them back, but if you know that, then it would worry you anyway. They could make a charge too but that's up to them.

[abcom in reply to Ironfloor173]

Thank you for answer.

[Visigoth]

When the request is for your own records it’s a subject access request rather than a freedom of information request.

[Ironfloor173 in reply to Visigoth]

Yes that's why I said it was the access to medical rights act, not freedom of information, which is a different law altogether.

[abcom]

True, thank you!