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Publication #201
Reference
HDL(2001)01
Name
The use of personal health information, submission of records to Information Statistics Division, disease registers and the Confidentiality and Security Advisory Group for Scotland (CSAGS)
Categories
Scottish Government
DL (CEL, HDL, MEL)
Organization
Scottish Executive
Keywords
NHS
SCOTLAND
ISD
CSA
CONFIDENTIALITY
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MEDICAL RECORDS
DATA COLLECTION
DATA PROTECTION
CANCER
REGISTRATION
PATIENTS
SECURITY
LAW
GMC
Description
- updates guidance on the transmission and use of personal health information,
- encourages the resumption of data flows which have ceased since the enactment of the Data Protection Act 1998,
- outlines a series of actions which are necessary to take to meet the terms of the Act, and
- announces the formation of the Confidentiality and Security Advisory Group for Scotland.
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Annex A discusses the Cancer Registry, and SMR data;
Annex B is on Protecting patient confidentiality;
Annex C describes the aim, tasks, compositions and sub groups of CSAGS;
Annex D gives a list of contacts for further information;
Annex E lists the organisations to whom this circular was copied for information.
Contact Name
Gregor Lindsay
Contact Address
St Andrew's House, EDINBURGH EHI 3DG. Fax: 0131-244 2051
Contact Phone
Created
2001-01-03 00:00:00
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