confidentiality?!
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My (ex) AME passed on a diagnosis from my GP that I disagreed with, to the CAA, without my consent (now on my medical notes for all future employers to see
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I have an independant specialist who concurrs with me. How can I get my medical notes changed?
).I have an independant specialist who concurrs with me. How can I get my medical notes changed?
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Your GP will have had your consent to release information about you to the AME/CAA.
I am not a CAA AME but am sure it will say somewhere in the small print (explicit or implicit) that the CAA AME can release information about you to the CAA so I think you will struggle to prove that any rules have been broken.
I suggest that you contact the CAA medical department and discuss the issue with them. Am sure that if you are correct that they would be happy to take that into consideration for keeping their records accurate and up to date.
Mind you some diagnosis are not easy yes or no matters so it will depend what it is about, and having one doctor agreeing with you does not always mean that a previous diagnosis was incorrect.
Lastly I am not sure how prospective employers would know about any medical condition you have unless that condition would have lead to you having restrictions placed upon your medical.
I am not a CAA AME but am sure it will say somewhere in the small print (explicit or implicit) that the CAA AME can release information about you to the CAA so I think you will struggle to prove that any rules have been broken.
I suggest that you contact the CAA medical department and discuss the issue with them. Am sure that if you are correct that they would be happy to take that into consideration for keeping their records accurate and up to date.
Mind you some diagnosis are not easy yes or no matters so it will depend what it is about, and having one doctor agreeing with you does not always mean that a previous diagnosis was incorrect.
Lastly I am not sure how prospective employers would know about any medical condition you have unless that condition would have lead to you having restrictions placed upon your medical.
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Don't worry, your CAA medical notes aren't accessible to future employers. The CAA form you filled out and signed makes it clear who they can talk to (medical sections of other JAA States). If you've got a restricted certificate eg OML (Operational Multicrew Limitation) because of a medical problem, that might be a giveaway but they couldn't access your diagnosis.
Just a word of caution - there's no point second-guessing an AME or the CAA on what you think you should tell/ not tell them about your health. The regulator can pull a pilot's cert if they suspect an integrity problem, and some even prosecute if it's deliberate misrepresentation and goes against national law. It's happened...
Just a word of caution - there's no point second-guessing an AME or the CAA on what you think you should tell/ not tell them about your health. The regulator can pull a pilot's cert if they suspect an integrity problem, and some even prosecute if it's deliberate misrepresentation and goes against national law. It's happened...
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Thanks for the replys.
I did give my GP permission to pass on blood test results to the AME (tho I didn't realise at the time he'd also asked for a general medical report) and permission for the AME to tell the CAA that I was signed off (by GP) for +28 days.
Unbeknown to me he also passed on other information from the GP's report and gave the wrong reason why I was signed off.
(note to self: do it yourself next time!!!).
BTW has anyone had to give permission to a potential employer to access their medical records?
I did give my GP permission to pass on blood test results to the AME (tho I didn't realise at the time he'd also asked for a general medical report) and permission for the AME to tell the CAA that I was signed off (by GP) for +28 days.
Unbeknown to me he also passed on other information from the GP's report and gave the wrong reason why I was signed off.
(note to self: do it yourself next time!!!).
BTW has anyone had to give permission to a potential employer to access their medical records?
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When unfit to fly for more than 21 days you have to report that to the CAA anyway so they would have know about that either way.
IF you believe they were given incorrect information then I am sure they will be more than happy to be informed what was the correct information.
IF you believe they were given incorrect information then I am sure they will be more than happy to be informed what was the correct information.
