Recording your doctor consultation

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is legal www.bma.org.uk/connecting-doctors/bmaspace/f/21/t/314

But has anyone here done it? Covertly or what was the reaction when you asked to?
I'm planning on asking next week at my so far awful GPs. Had an experience there last year that's led to me having panic attacks and really not wanting to go alone. A chaperone from the practice doesn't strike me as a non-biased option and having a friend or partner with me robs me of the feeling I'm being taken seriously. Recording seems like protection as well as a reminder of what's been said.
NC as just posted on my Facebook about it.

I’ve recorded consultant appointments before on many occasions - due to complex discussions, pain and fatigue and I struggle to remember what’s been discussed.

My advice is to never go to see a doctor alone if you’re discussing something where they may fob you off, especially if you’ve been fobbed off many times before - another person in the room tends to make things go more smoothly. Recording may have the same effect or may get their back up.

I agree with everything you have just said, Tammy.

And now, I believe, is the time for patients to press their precious little backs down to where they belong.

It's a good idea to take someone with you who can give a more objective view of your problems and pick up bits of the consultation you may miss.

I know there are some bad GP's but I think the problem often lies with patients not expressing themselves properly - or playing down their symptoms, and the GPs being too medical/ambiguous in their advice.
10 minutes isn't really enough time for consultations either.