Centrelink wants more info

I got a call earlier from the bloke who I went to the Centrelink job capacity interview for. He's been having trouble getting in touch with my GP. I can understand that as he's very busy. But he was also told by the receptionist on the phone that it would be unlikely my doctor would release anything at all to him as it's against privacy laws. He'd need either written permission from me, signed and all, or to give them to me personally. 

It's all very logical but I never thought of that. Dunno why it never crossed my mind. It actually makes me glad that some Centrelink person can't just demand my medical records without my express permission. 

So I'm going to see my GP this afternoon, rang and got a 4:30pm appt. Centrelink wants reports from a specialist for both the kidney condition and the HIV. Both of which my GP has as he's taken over it all. The specialists at the hospital would have both sent reports to him when they transferred my care to him. 

This is so much easier than traipsing around the hospital trying to chase up medical records, from two different clinics. I'd probably have to go through some major bloody procedure or some shit. Hopefully this will just be a simple thing with my GP having copies. It's excellent having everything in one place like this. I'm so glad it all ended up being sorted out that my GP was the centre of my care. 

I'm also bloody glad I didn't go out to Lightning Ridge. I'd have been so fuckin pissed off now. On the other side of the state, a days travel away, not being able to do anything until I got back. The Centrelink bloke told me on the phone that everything's on hold until he gets this information. 

I asked him also how long it was going to take once he got it. He said he'd have to finish his report and that it'd not be much longer before I was on the Disability Support Pension. Hmmmm.... that's good news then.