His partner, Barbra Harding, said they sent a request about four weeks ago for Thompson s records from 2015 to 2021. He was then told he could pick them up from the DHB-owned and operated health centre, and would need to present two forms of identification.
Supplied Harding and Thompson went to pick the records up on March 3. “The receptionist just handed him the envelope, and we walked out . no questions asked, no ID checked. “He could have been anybody picking up someone else s confidential medical files,” she said. The files, which were in a sealed envelope, only dated back to 2018 and included another patients’ confidential medical information.