Just by way of update, in case anyone goes through a similarly appalling situation with Surrey Heartless Integrated "Care" Board.
When you change GP Surgeries in England & Wales the 'normal' method is to sign on at a new surgery. You tell them where you were previously registered and nowadays they use a system called GP2GP which automatically transfers your medical records across.
On the other hand, if for reasons like mine you wish to kick over the traces you can de-register at your old surgery first and tell them to send your records by hard copy to PCSE , which is the NHS physical and digitial records storage run by Capita.
Then you register at your new surgery, perhaps not even telling them about your previous surgery, and preferably do this by filling out a form if they will let you rather than electronically. If you do tell them about your old surgery it will take about 2 months to retrieve your records through PCSE.
I didn't tell them at all about my old surgery. I said I'd "been travelling".
My new surgery were totally unfazed. I used to be registered there two years ago and they were great back then. I still have a viable address I was able to use down there ...
It's all a bit drastic but I felt it was very necessary for me. I don't see why the heck I should have "transgendered" plastered all over every single bit of data, from Integrated Care Boards to Area Prescribing Committees, to all the doctors, pharmacists, support staff etc. Which is precisely what happened to me in Surrey.
Of course, some might need to know but that's exactly the point: it should be on a genuine need to know basis.
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