The legislation is actually called the Access to Health Records 1990 and provides a right of access to records of deceased "in pursuance of a claim". The records are health records made by or on behalf of a health professional (defined in the Act and now in DPA), so other legislation may apply to Social Care Records. Roy
Roy Candy Data Protection Officer
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (01604 545885)
This e-mail may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended for the use of the addressee only. Any unauthorised use may be unlawful. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise me immediately. Thank you.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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 : -
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm
(all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|