See the notes in reference to this work in progress document. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reference notes: the NHS GP contract https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/investment/gp-contract/ which links to the - Standard General Medical Services Contract , that all GP and staff at surgeries have to follow by law. see page 167, section 16.10 of the NHS GP Contract, pub Aug 2025 https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PRN02054i-standard-general-medical-services-contract-august-2025.pdf which reads as follows: 16.10. Provision of information to a medical officer etc. 16.10.1. The Contractor must, if it is satisfied that the patient consents: (a) supply in writing to a person specified in clause 16.10.2 (a “relevant person”), before the end of such reasonable period as that person may specify, such clinical information as a person mentioned in sub-clause 16.10.2(a) to 16.10.2(d) considers r...