How do I get my records

[Dsautism]

I'm in my mid 40s . Will I be able to get my medical records right from around 4 years old to present? Or would my childhood ones be gone?

I don't have anyone that can sign back of photo

Start with that then. You'll need ID to vote and banking things like that anyway, so it'll come in handy. A provisional driving licence might be the easiest

Can you get it notarised instead?

I don't think I needed my photo signed for my driving licence but I'm not sure. I did get something notarised at the post office for banking though

www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/applying-a-voter-authority-certificate

That is correct schools do destroy records once the person reaches 25 but I believe files are kept beyond this time if there has ever been a safeguarding concern.
While this is current archiving guidelines it may not have been the case when you were a young adult.

What's notarised mean?

Do you work/volunteer? Would your employer sign for you?

Would your GP sign for you? - they'd probably charge a fee though. I think.

Notarised is where you go to an official of some sort - a solicitor, or in my case the post office, or sometimes someone at the council, and you bring enough other ID for them to be able to confirm it's you, or that a document is original, and then they sign for whatever it is. (And you pay). But for people who know absolutely no-one, it can be a way to get something signed.

If you follow my link you don't need any counter-signatory for voter id if you have , for example,a birth certificate.

You could contact PALS for help but our local trust gives option of birth certificate instead of photo id, plus proof address like a utility or council tax bill.

I don't think a PP means notarised, you do that if you're needing to use something abroad.

OP can you ask your parents?

My dad is dead. And no contact with my mother

Don't work. Gp does not know.me only been registered couple months. Before that I had no gp for years

I will take a proper look. Thank you

I requested mine a few years ago. When they came there were huge chunks missing. Nothing from my childhood at all, and I think most of my teens and 20s missing as well.

I have the app and it has one blood test result from 2016 on it. That's it. None of my surgeries, tests, medicines etc.

How useful

Yes my app only has gp updates since middle of this year, nothing historical, recent vaccinations and limited information from other consultations and tests.

DS has been advised by his Consultant not to move to the Uni GP because in his words "it could completely mess things up".