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Lord Horam
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Horam, Lord (1)
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What safeguards exist under the Access to Medical Records Act 1990 to prevent a patient being libelled by a member of the medical profession; and what redress there is for patients able to demonstrate that a libel has been committed in their medical record.
What safeguards exist under the Access to Medical Records Act 1990 to prevent a patient being libelled by a member of the medical profession; and what redress there is for patients able to demonstrate that a libel has been committed in their medical record.
Asked by
Lord Smith of Finsbury
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Horam
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
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Answered
For answer on
20 March 1997
Answered on
20 March 1997
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what safeguards exist under the Access to Medical Records Act 1990 to
prevent a patient being libelled by a member of the medical profession; and what redress there is for patients able to demonstrate
that a libel has been committed in their medical record. [21353]
Mr. Horam: If a patient who has been given access to his or her record under the Access to Health Records Act 1990 feels that
inaccurate information is contained in that record there is a legal right to have the information corrected. If the patient and the
record holder do not agree that a record is inaccurate the Act requires that a note of the alleged inaccuracy be made on the record.
Patients who remain dissatisfied can make a complaint under the NHS complaints procedure or an application to the courts.
These rights are in addition to those rights under the general law, including the law of libel.
Legislation
Access to Health Records Act 1990
Subjects
Defamation; Medical records
Date
20 March 1997
Reference
21353; 292 c809W
House
House of Commons