Original post
by Old Skool Freak
I used to work for IT support for NHS Services (NHS Digital, as well as NHS Scotland, NHS Wales and HSCNI), and I can confirm that once a diagnosis has been made, it can NEVER be removed by anyone, unless it was genuinely added in error (e.g. if, say, the wrong patient record was updated). Gone are the days when people relied on paper records, and now All UK medical records are now electronically recorded and Audit-trailed, which means that it will always be possible to trace who has entered or amended the record... so even asking someone unscrupulous to do it "under the counter" (or even someone unauthorised looking at a medical record they shouldn't be) would result in serious consequences for that clinician; most likely they would be struck-off and may possibly face criminal charges. What's more, medical records are stored in several databases, and there are alerts set up for any mismatches or abnormalities.
Unfortunately (well unfortunately for you, anyway), there will always be a permanent record of any medical diagnosis, and it cannot be removed "just because it doesn't suit you"... in much the same way that a reformed criminal cannot have their past criminal record deleted, regardless of how much of a model-citizen they may be now (even though the conviction itself may be "spent", it will still be visible for certain purposes or checks). Same sort of thing here. As stated above, if you want the medical record completely removed, you'd have to either prove that it was added in error, or prove that the responsible clinician was negligent or incompetent. Given the length of time this has been going on for (and based on what you've written here), either task sounds almost impossible for you to successfully complete by yourself.
I don't know the full story here... but depending on what you've been diagnosed with, you'd stand a far better chance of having the diagnosis resolved, if (and only if) you can convince the relevant authorities that it's no longer an issue. I don't know how you would do this, as it would depend on what you've been diagnosed with and what the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) guidelines / conditions are (if applicable). Furthermore, if you're taking certain medication such as Lithium (or a Lithium based product), that, on its own will put you on certain Mental Health registers, even if you're outwardly a normally functioning person. Generally speaking, some Medical conditions can be resolved, others cannot (i.e. once you're on that particular condition / disease register, you're on for life). If you can get the condition resolved, again using the criminal analogy, it's like a spent conviction... so for most purposes, it wouldn't effect you, although certain stringent background checks may pick it up, especially if you've been institutionalised.
If you want to do this, I would be very careful of what you write or how you come across on public forums. If anyone can trace any of your accounts back to you, they'd likely use the tone of your posts as evidence of your mental state for any necessary evaluation. For the record, I'm not commenting on you personally, I'm just making you aware that on the Internet, you may not be as anonymous or untraceable as you'd think or like to be.