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Wrong diagnosis on records

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purpleme12 · 15/08/2024 14:28

I am 'seen' (over the phone) by the hospital every 6 months for blood pressure. So they send a letter to me and the doctor each time with the outcome of the appointment. At the top of the letter is all my diagnoses enough they must do with every patient and must get from the GP.

This time one of them on there was 'chronic anxiety'
This has never been on a hospital letter before!

I rang my GP and receptionist said it's been on my records since 2009! I did have a short period where I was anxious and was on some antidepressants and talked to someone (can't remember what type). The down feeling lasted longer than the anxious vermin. But I don't think I was even on them for long.
Maybe not even a year?
Although no one has ever told me I've been diagnosed with anxiety or chronic anxiety or anything like that.

She said I'd have to make appointment with the doctor to discuss

I don't know how they can have me down as that when I had a short-lived problem and even at the time, surely it would have to be worse than I had it and go on for longer to be 'chronic anxiety'

Has anyone else had this? I'm worried they won't take it off.

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purpleme12 · 15/08/2024 21:06

Has anyone else had this?

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IWillBeWaxingAnOwl · 15/08/2024 21:17

You should be able to have it removed. In terms of "diagnoses" on a GP record, it's amazingly easy to end up with nonsense on them. Some systems require you to allocate a "problem" per consultation so it may be when you spoke to them about anxiety they attached that as a "problem" and the system has registered it as a diagnosis. May be accidental on the letter too - sometimes it's as simple as an accidental copy paste... There is also no such diagnosis as "chronic anxiety" - not a defined term in mental health conditions!

spikeandbuffy24 · 15/08/2024 21:18

They do make mistakes. Mine said I had severe asthma and I couldn't get it removed
Eventually I turned up to an asthma review where they looked puzzled and said "you don't have asthma"
Exactly! I had an inhaler once when I had pneumonia

purpleme12 · 15/08/2024 21:23

Oh right ok that's interesting to know

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JustLaura · 15/08/2024 22:35

My GP's have started to get so many things wrong this year.

I've raised several times about my test results being filed according to a date before I've even had them.

E.g. GP requested blood test in August. I had the blood work done in August. Results online show July?

Practice Manager won't change the dates as says if the results are fully opened it's obvious from the dates that they are incorrect!

Do I think a GP looking at my records in say 3 months time, will fully open the results? No.
Practice Manager disagrees
I doubt they have time within a 10 minute slot to see me face to face and look at the history.

Last week I had a letter from them dated 8 December 2024!

I've taken to printing out my online records and marking the errors in case needed.

polkadotpixie · 16/08/2024 15:58

It's on my record that I'm allergic to peanuts. I'm not and never have been (although I don't like them!)

I've asked for it to be removed but have had no luck so far

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