A PATIENT who fought for three years for a copy of a heart scan has been awarded compensation of £10.56.

The pay out stems from a request by Andrew Brown, of St John's, Worcester, who in 2011 wanted a copy of a cardiac ultrasound echiocardiogram carried out in January 2004 at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, provided Mr Brown with the details of the scan but were unable to offer him the images as they were stored in a different format and the hospital did not have the equipment to convert them.

Last year the trust paid around £3,400 to buy and install the technology to convert the images and provided Mr Brown with the scan.

They have also now granted him compensation for his travel costs to meetings at the hospital to discuss the issue.

Despite this Mr Brown said he is still unhappy.

"The fact I waited almost three years was one thing but the trust's Freedom of Information saying that up to 270,000 patient records may have been inaccessible is a matter of public interest and surely important," he said.

But the trust said it was not aware of any "detrimental issues" from the situation.

He added: "I don't think the £10 is enough but I am pleased they have the right equipment now. When I started this I was pretty horrified things like this couldn't be provided."

During his battle Mr Brown was removed from cardiology after a letter to his GP said the hospital would no longer accept me as a patient there and he was later given vexatious status by the trust.

He says because of this and his concerns about his cardiac health he had to pay for a private appointment at a hospital in London costing him £200 and revealing a mitral valve prolapse, a form of heart disease which in the case of Mr Brown is not serious.

He has provided evidence for this £200 this week in the hope of further compensation.

Penny Venables, chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said they were pleased they had been able to provide Mr Brown with the images he required.

She added: "We also arranged for one of our consultant cardiologists to meet with Mr Brown to go through the interpretations of his scan again.

"We were happy to reimburse Mr Brown for the cost of petrol for his attendance at meetings to receive the images and for further clinical advice. His car parking charges were covered at the time of the meetings.

"Mr Brown has been unable to provide us with evidence of further quantifiable financial losses suffered as a result of the delay in receiving the scan images. If he were to provide this, we would reconsider his request for further compensation."