Hospital records from 1896-1936

[Antony1977]

I’m going to assume the answer is no, but I will ask anyway , are Hospital records kept digitised somewhere ? Would love to see the medical records of a relative who was born 1896 and died 1936 , I have the asylum records of her sad death but would find it fascinating to read what led up to the admission , asylum records say epilepsy and insanity. She was from Ledbury.

[Rena]

The National Archives has a section on the Burghill Asylum Hospital where You might find the admission book:-

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01th4/

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F150837

[Antony1977]

Ah we have all the Burghill documents, it was he me personal Normal hospital records prior to going into Burghill that I was hoping for

[aghadowey]

Years ago I wrote a letter to an asylum in Northern Ireland asking for any information they had about my grandffather's aunt (she died in the 1950s). After a number of weeks I received a telephone call from a doctor who had been asked to go through the file with me and explain any medical terms (both in the context of the period and current medical view). The file was a physical paper file with lots of notes- date of admission, medical history, etc. However that doctor said it was an unusual case and not something that would happen the same nowadays. Seems in old age she developed dementia and had to be admitted to hospital but until then she was caring for one of her sons who suffered from shell-shock from WWI so he was also admitted and had his own files (war injuries, etc.). Next of kin was one of her other sons who lived locally and when he was going on hioliday he sent a letter advision notifying his brother in England of any problems. I was later able to speak to one of her grandsons and learned more family details.