Access to Health Records Act 1990

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1990 c. 23
consists of information relating to the physical or mental health of an individual who can be identified from that information, or from that and other information in the possession of the holder of the record; andhas been made by or on behalf of a health professional in connection with the care of that individual;in the case of a record made by a health professional performing primary medical services under a general medical services contract made with F35F49NHS England or a Local Health Board, the person or body who entered into the contract with F50NHS England the ... Board (or, in a case where more than one person so entered into the contract, any such person) ;in the case of a record made by a health professional performing such services in accordance with arrangements under F3section 92 or 107 of the National Health Service Act 2006, or section 50 or 64 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, with F37F51NHS England or a Local Health Board, the person or body which made the arrangements with F52NHS England the ... Board (or, in a case where more than one person so made the arrangements, any such person) ;in the case of a record made by a health professional for purposes connected with the provision of health services by a health service body F4(and not falling within paragraph (aa) above) , the health service body by which or on whose behalf the record is held;in any other case, the health professional by whom or on whose behalf the record is held.(3) In this Act “patient”, in relation to a health record, means the individual in connection with whose care the record has been made.consists of information relating to the physical or mental health of an individual who can be identified from that information, or from that and other information in the possession of the holder of the record; andhas been made by or on behalf of a health professional in connection with the care of that individual;in the case of a record made by a health professional performing primary medical services under a general medical services contract made with a Health Board, the person who entered into the contract with the Board;in the case of a record made by a health professional performing such services in accordance with arrangements under section 17C of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 with a Health Board, the person who made the arrangements with the Board;in the case of a record made by a health professional for purposes connected with the provision of health services by a health service body F6(and not falling within paragraph (aa) above) , the health service body by which or on whose behalf the record is held;in any other case, the health professional by whom or on whose behalf the record is held.(3) In this Act “patient”, in relation to a health record, means the individual in connection with whose care the record has been made.
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  • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .where the record is held in Scotland and the patient is incapable, within the meaning of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4) in relation to making or authorising the application, any person entitled to act on behalf of the patient under that Act.where the patient has died, the patient’s personal representative and any person who may have a claim arising out of the patient’s death.in the case of a record, by allowing the applicant to inspect the record or, where section 5 below applies, an extract setting

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