LadySybil
Thank you all for replies. If it did show up that someone had looked would anyone necessarily question that especially if the person who has looked is “important”. Has anyone asked to look at their own medical records and how easy was it do so this? Could they see on them people who had accessed their records? Are the ones held by GP on the same thing as those in hospital records? We are more concerned about our hospital records. Can someone who works in a hospital in another part of the country look at records for another hospital? I think this potentially has serious consequences for anyone who has left a violent partner who works in the NHS (they could see where you are living for example)
You are asking the wrong people LadySybil. A number of us have NHS experience, but we cannot legitimately advise you of process, we can only tell you little snippets based on what we know of a small number of organisations and our personal experiences. I am uncomfortable with that as a process, at best it is unreliable.
If you have serious concerns you must put them in writing to the Chief Executive of the Health body concerned. You can ask for a generic response under the Freedom of Information Act, or you can name the individual you are concerned about, which information you think they have accessed and ask for a formal investigation.