GP aghast at secrecy of police power to demand to see patients’ medical records

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GP aghast at secrecy of police power to demand to see patients’ medical records

David Hill, Palmerston North GP
Palmerston North GP David Hill says police use of medical-records search warrants is secretive and open to the risk of “fishing expeditions”

Simon Maude delves into a little-known power police have had since 2012, to force practices to hand over patients’ record

A Palmerston North general practice has been hit several times in the past year with police orders to hand over pa­tients’ medical records. It’s a