I think doctor has broken confidentiality

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It doesn't really matter, but I'm still surprised that he was so comfortable doing it/not so aware of it that it wouldn't cross his mind.

I'm also impressed surprised that he even remembered the details and tied them to me and the relative he discussed them with.

I had an injury, which I sought treatment for at mjnor injuries. By coincidence, I had a GP appointment on the same day and as my face was a mess, I explained what had happened.

My dad saw same GP a few days later. GP had not only looked up what happened to me at minor injuries, but told my dad all about my experience there. Basicially I had a dislocation that took a lot of attempts to put back.

It's nothing particularly personal and as it happens nothing I hadn't told dad already, but they still shouldn't have discussed it?

I wouldn't want my Dad to know what I was actually at GP for, and hadn't told him I was going, so that did mean he asked why I was there, when I wouldn't have told him!

Are you in the UK? I'm surprised that a doctor who you say isn't an old school dinosaur would do that. Id speak to the practice manager first

Please either report him or speak to him and point out how out of line it is.

If a GP had brought up a hospital trip one of my siblings or I had had to our father then he (my father) would have assumed that something had been said or implied that the hospital trip was his fault. There would have been hell to pay.

Not only are his actions against all confidentiality, but they could also put people in danger.

He knows he shouldn't have done it, that's why he mentioned it to you so casually and was testing the waters to see your reaction.

He shouldn't have done it, hopefully it's a lesson learned for him. I would speak with him or complain if you wish.

OP has explained a little in her subsequent posts. She is obviously not a minor.

Not 100% sure on minor injuries, but a&e will write a "discharge" letter to your GP after any treatment just to update them, which may be how the GP knew about the details. However very odd and not ok he told your dad- even if your dad raised it first, the GP should have declined to discuss it (I'm a HCP).

I wonder whether actually your Dad raised it first. Might the doctor have said how is the family? And your dad mentioned about the injuries and the doctor just confirm what he read in the discharge letter. Not that he should have but it would make more sense that it happened this way round

It could have been but it was definitely the doctor who mentioned Dad today. I wasn't even there for anything to do with that injury.

Dad was there as a patient.

I'd had an accident which coincided with a routine visit to GP and Dad's own visit a few days later.

No abuse, although I did feel the need to explain how I got my injuries to GP, as I thought he should be interested enough to check how I'd got the facial injuries, even though that wasn't the reason for my visit.

All hcp know full well they breach confidentiality if looking at your notes without good reason and as for telling anyone else about whats in them...Report him.

GPS get discharge notes when their patients attend A&E or minor injuries. You may “work in the profession” but clearly not enough to know this. I’d expect a gp to have read the discharge notes or they’re not doing their job. Speaking to df is wrong unless df mentioned the op had been injured. That context may slightly change my view but overall gp shouldn’t have mentioned it.