All,
To what extent can a local authority be considered "a person" under Section
3(1)f of the Act? We have asked for medical details to confirm occupancy
of a property which is now occupied by someone claiming they lived with the
deceased. One PCT we've asked says we don't have a claim - one SHA says we
do and has sent the GP records. I do not know if this has revealed the
identity of prescence of any third party, or if there is one whether their
details have been reacted.
Clearly DPA doesn't apply to the deceased - would there be some duty on the
PCT to co-operate in revealing this information through the Access to
Health Records Act 1990?
All contributions gratefully received!!!
Thanks,
Tim
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
All archives of messages are stored permanently and are
available to the world wide web community at large at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html
If you wish to leave this list please send the command
leave data-protection to [log in to unmask]
All user commands can be found at : -
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm
Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner
[log in to unmask]
(all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|