Our core purpose is to work with people and lead communities in improving their mental and physical health and wellbeing for a better life; through delivering excellent and responsive prevention, diagnosis, early intervention, treatment and care.
Strictly confidential once completed.
This form may be used if you wish to:
Please enter as much information as you can because this will help us to deal with your request as quickly as possible. The boxes will expand as you type into them.
Request access to your own mental health record
We always do our utmost to maintain the confidentiality of our patients' records. Unless you are currently an in-patient on one of our wards, we will require you to send us proof of identity by attaching or enclosing a copy of one of the following: Medical Card - Drivers License - Birth Certificate - Passport - a letter from the DWP/Jobcentre; plus a copy of a utility bill showing your current home address.
Please provide as much information as possible, but we realise it may be difficult to remember everything accurately. It would be helpful if you could tell us the type of record you are wanting to access; some examples are: medical/consultant's file, in-patient nursing, day service, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, community team, child and adolescent, learning disabilities.
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 the Trust will respond to all applications within a month. This service will be provided free of charge unless the request is deemed excessive or repetitive, in which case an administration fee may be charged.
If you have any queries or need help with completing your application please do not hesitate to contact us either by telephone or by email:
Direct dial: 01332 623760 Switchboard: 01332 623700 ext 33760
Once completed you can either email your form attaching any relevant documents or post to us:
e-mail: dhcft.accesstoahealthrecord@nhs.net
Postal address: Access to a Health Record IM&T and Records Kingsway House East Kingsway site Derby, DE22 3LZ
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