United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 1220
LOSS OF MEDICAL RECORDS OF DECEASED PERSONS
Introduced
20 December 2010
Last action
20 December 2010 · Early Day Motion
Status
0
Sponsors
Mike Gapes
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
20 December 2010
Summary
That this House notes that according to the Minister of Health, NHS organisations have a legal responsibility under the Data Protection Act to retain records safely and for a prescribed period; but that according to the Ministry of Justice, the Data Protection Act does not cover the processing and storage of data relating to deceased persons; that the Barts and London NHS Trust lost medical records of Dr Sugie Davie soon after her death on 22 December 2007 following stem cell treatment and blood transfusions; that the death was described as `baffling and unexpected'; and that despite extensive searches by the Trust since then the records have not come to light; deplores the repeated refusal of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to investigate the complaint of Paul Davie, constituent of the hon. Member for Ilford South; and calls for a review of the relevant legislation to cover the records of deceased persons.
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Timeline
20 December 2010
Early Day Motion
That this House notes that according to the Minister of Health, NHS organisations have a legal responsibility under the Data Protection Act to retain records safely and for a prescribed period; but that according to the Ministry of Justice, the Data Protection Act does not cover the processing and storage of data relating to deceased persons; that the Barts and London NHS Trust lost medical records of Dr Sugie Davie soon after her death on 22 December 2007 following stem cell treatment and blood transfusions; that the death was described as `baffling and unexpected'; and that despite extensive searches by the Trust since then the records have not come to light; deplores the repeated refusal of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to investigate the complaint of Paul Davie, constituent of the hon. Member for Ilford South; and calls for a review of the relevant legislation to cover the records of deceased persons.
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- Mike Gapes · Labour · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/42233
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- uk · edm-42233 · source updated 20 December 2010