> the
> Police now have only to apply to the local Security
> Management Service of the Trust while investigating any
> crime, and providing it is not a fishing trip the notes can
> be released - without as far as I could ascertain any
> reference to medical staff. It suggests that our notes, once
> made are no longer our property to guard, which contradicts
> the GMC guidance on notes:
> 20. You must not disclose personal information to a third
> party such as a solicitor2, police officer or officer of a
> court without the patient's express consent, except in the
> circumstances described in the paragraphs which follow.
>
This covers disclosure by doctors, but as far as I am aware the notes themselves have always been the property of the Secretary of State for Health. On whose trustworthiness with confidential information we may or may not have formed our own views already.
Matt Dunn
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