Re: requesting OH records... I recent wrote a policy for our dept as we didn't have one, or a set procedure or forms. It's yet to get information governance approval, but if anyone wants to critique it, please let me know?
S :-)
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 06:43:50 +0100
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Disclosure of OH records
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Hello Suzanne and listIain wrote
"In my current post, one of my ex staff offered to give a copy of the records to a client in a criminal case and our legal team refused it "
Surely the legal position under the Data Protection Act is they the information is the patient's and if they request a copy of their record, they get it (with a few caveats about information harming the patient etc).
What they do with it and who they share it with is up to them.
Quite a different thing offering to give an opinion...
Cheers
Diane