Why would a hospital lie

A mystery Pavmas, make sure the hospital amend their records to show what really happened.

 

Hiya, i think maybe you are taking the way they have written it as you declined or refused the treatment... could it not mean that they declined you treatment based on the fact that you were too ill???

 

Sounds like someone misinterpreted the notes and ticked the box they thought was correct as they didn't have a tickbox for <patient felt funny and nearly passed out>
+1 on noblehead's suggestion.
lisamariebrankins sugestion is possible as coding scheme demonstrates lack of clarity of communication.

 

WOW, thats REEEEEALLY bad!!!!!
i think to get a copy of your recordsit costs £50... how ever apparently you can book an appointment to view it for free... but you will have to look up how that works.

 

Thats only for computer files, i suppose it would depend on how far back you would like to and if you want any of the paper notes they have on you... i would love to get my records... it would be an interesting read!!

 

This article explains how to access your medical records and the likely cost involved.
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1309.aspx?c ... goryid=160

I think the OP needs to talk through with his G.P. what he has learned by the Nurse showing him and the possible reasons as to why it looks like misinformation and what can be done about it.

 

Sorry to tell you this, but hospitals do sometimes lie. We only have to look at the news to realise that, although we don't perhaps want to accept it. That's why I ask for copies of my clinic letters.

I suspect in your case either a box was ticked or the person completing your notes couldn't be bothered writing "Patient too ill for tests to be performed" or they couldn't be bothered to explain why they felt they couldn't perform the tests. It looks better for them to say the patient refused or declined treatment. If you had complained afterwards, that would be their recorded reason for you not having your allotted tests.

There have also been instances where doctors have misheard something a patient has said, the misinformation then goes down in their notes and in the clinic letter to the patient's GP and turns into Chinese Whispers - and the sad and dangerous thing is, the patient has no idea what's happened and has no opportunity to correct it.

If what happened to you had happened to me, I'd write a letter to the PALS Department of the hospital in question asking for the reason this error occurred and asking them to put the matter right. I'd copy the GP into that letter too.

As far as I know the NHS is the only large organisation which makes very personal notes about people, but doesn't show them to the person and ask them to sign them as being accurate. We just blindly cooperate with them because that's what we've always done and we've been led to believe that the medical profession is infallible and beyond reproach.

 

+1 for getting a copy of all correspondance, between hospital and gp, past experience has shown that sometimes they do get it wrong....

Bob

 

I had an itchy discolouration on the back of my leg. After many GP visits and mis-diagnosis I sent to the dermatologist who immediately diagnosed "venous acne". I was told my GP surgery would be informed and to collect a prescription in a couple of days time.

I collected the tube of ointment and applied "lightly, 3 times daily" for 10 days.

It made no difference whatsoever. Next time I was at the doc I asked and after a few minutes looking into it and comparing dermatologists notes to receptionist notes, the reception had received the information orally and had heard "anus acne"

I had been rubbing ass cream on my leg for 10 days.

Still got the rash, although it doesn;t itch anymore unless it's too warm.

 

Trying to picture having acne there! I wonder whether it would be itchy and how you would deal with that?

 

Yep ... that sort of error is also quite common. It's the result of very poor or non-existent training and inexperience of staff, again due to financial reasons.