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Thanks for all the various comments
One specific suggestion that I am curious about: "if, after talking to his medical team, you’re no further forward".....I have not been talking to his medical team for sometime. I have been taking all updates on his medical condition from his mother who has been forwarding me their correspondence and creating her own summary reports.
My son's condition involves multiple disciplines being involved so who were you suggesting I "talk to" ?
Perhaps you could start with his consultant or his GP? I would have thought the GP would know about it.
Who do the majority of the letters come from? I was just suggesting that you speak with them about your sons decision, has your ex forwarded any correspondence from them regarding your sons decision to exclude you?
i have done it and was pretty straightforward.
just contacted hospital where child was born & went for treatments. they have some release of information department (London hospital). i sent them scans of id like my passport, childs birth certificate etc. after couple of weeks they posted all the records to me. it included records from local gp too.
Bill... this is a different situation, the OPs teenage son has expressed that he doesn’t want him to have access to his medical records. Unfortunately a child over the age of 12 can be involved in decisions about their treatment and who has access to information about them.
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