Hi, i would appreciate any advice and guidance.. I was recently diagnoised with post traumatic stress disorder. I have suffer alone with this condition for almost three years. I'm a self harmer and i have overdosed. It took great courage to ask for help. I was referred to my local counselling service. I have worked with the public in my community for a number of years. I know most of the people in my area and staff who work in the centre. To cut along story short there was a public breech of confidentuality from the support team. I waited 6 months to be transfered to out side of my area to a trauma team for counselling. Because of the nature of my trauma it has to be away from my community. The trauma team transferred me to a support team in the next town. My trauma counsellor said he would run a security check on the computer system and the entries would be limited to just himself and the support counsellor. There would be no personal details on the system and i would view the entries before the counselling session ended. Feeling secure i have talked about the traumas. After 5 sessions i hav'nt seen my records, so have made a formal request for a copy. On transfer to the new support worker she checked that no one involved in my care was in the locately. But failed to tell me that she lived less then 5 minutes away and has lived in the area for over 20 years. The boundaries of the details to be entered and who will be accessing these change in the same conversation. I realise that i need support and teams work closely together, but i feel that i am being mislead and lied to. I feel exhausted with all this. I feel very deep anguish and sorrow. And the self harm has increased from the pressure of this. I feel that i am being failed in my care. Would the NHS contribute to private counselling. Are there be any checks which i could do to. I would also like to ask if general can access mental health records under the same system and region? Regards, Sharon
