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Organisational Organisational Records Management Policy
Organisational Organisational Records Management Policy
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All NHS records are public records under the terms of the Public Records Act 1958 which confers a statutory duty on Trusts for their safekeeping and eventual disposal. The Department of Health Records Management: Code of Practice is a guide to the required standards of practice in the management of records for those who work within or under contract to NHS organisations in England. It clarifies legal obligations that apply to NHS records including responsibilities to ensure compliance with the following acts.
This policy identifies the actions required to ensure that records of all types (administrative as well as medical) are properly controlled, readily accessible and available for use, and eventually archived or otherwise appropriately disposed of. For the purposes of this policy, a record is defined as anything which contains information (in any medium) which has been created or gathered as a result of any aspect of the work of NHS employees. The definition covers all clinical and non-clinical records.
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| Last Updated ( Monday, 26 October 2009 11:08 ) |
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