In message <[log in to unmask]>, Chris Pearson
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>>So who *should* have access to a patients notes?
>
>The doctor, the patient, and such persons as they both agree need to see
>them.....
I seem to remember this arguement in 1995/6 between the BMA and DOH..
and that the DOH thought Caldicott had solved the problem!
Anyone else believe it - and how does the guidance in HSC139 annex
relate to Caldicott?
>(and a judge, and a police officer with a warrant, and possibly the
>secretary of state for Health & SS)
That lot already do.. on a named patient basis..
Mary
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
tel:01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
Member of British Healthcare Internet Association
Dunstable and Houghton Regis Locality Commisssioning Pilot
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