Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S2W-01307 · Session 2

Whether it has any plans to review record-keeping practice within the NHS.

Answered Asked by Brian Adam SNP Lodged 2 Jul 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review record-keeping practice within the NHS.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 Aug 2003 · 33 days after it was lodged, 5 days after it was due

We are in the process of reviewing guidance on the retention, storage and destruction aspects of medical record keeping practice and revised guidance will issue in due course.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-01307 by reference.