On the initial Class 1, the CAA asks you to sign a form allowing them to get your medical records, and they actually get them and go through them.
On the initial Class 2, 11 years ago, they didn't do that.
They also didn't use to do it on the Class 1 years ago, but there were some well publicised cases of airline pilots concealing stuff and presumably made them more diligent.
the Doc I went to appeared to have full online access to my medical records.
That would really suprise me. You sure he wasn't looking at the CAA record they have on you?