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Sharon If you have consent from the individual to release the whole of their records it's perfectly legal to do so. Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Jones" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:25 PM Subject: Release of Medical information > Could anyone be kind enough to offer advice. > > Our department presently holds medical records for all the UK employees who > have retired from the company. From time to time, I have requests from > solicitors for release of medical information. They send over a consent > form, asking for a complete copy of the medical records. > > My question is: I do not have details of what the claim is about - only a > form requesting for release of medical records. Is it OK that I am sending > a complete copy of their medical records to the solicitors i.e. not > information solely relating to the claim? > > I would be really grateful for your views on this > > Sharon Jones > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remove this footer before replying. > > For list archives and documents, go to > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives > > For jobs in Occupational Health, go to > http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives For jobs in Occupational Health, go to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/