A 45-year-old lady is well-known at her family doctor`s clinic as she regularly attends for asthma check-ups, or to accompany her daughter to appointments. One afternoon, she attends her doctor alone to book a routine appointment and, as she arrives, the receptionist asks if she’s there to collect her daughter’s prescription which had been ready for collection since the previous day. The mother, unaware that her daughter had even seen the doctor recently knows nothing about a prescription and therefore says no – but her curiosity is aroused and later that day asks her 14-year-old daughter what it was for.
The daughter refuses to tell her what is the prescription for, suspecting it could be for the contraceptive pill, the mother revisits the doctor demanding to see the consultation notes. The doctor is unsure whether the mother has a right to see them or not due to the patient’s age.…
