Receptionists have access to all medical records but they should not trawl through past medical history thats not relevant. They should only deal with current issues and even then its only to file ( Ie they should just file things away and not read them!!Obviously sometimes people have to type up GP letters etc so "findingout info is often inevitable, The answer to your question is that your "friend" will have access to your entire file but as a condition of the confidentiality agreement she shouldn't look through it all and certainly shouldn't breach your confidentiality if she did find something out. If you had evidence to suggest that she had breached confidentiality then she could loose her job.

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