Question reference: S1W-00654
- Asked by: Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 22 July 1999
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Current status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 17 August 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the care records of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland to be health records and therefore subject to the Access to Health Records Act 1990.
Answer
No. The care records of the Mental Welfare Commission do not fall within the definition of "health records" as contained within the Access to Health Records Act 1990, with the exception of review of detention reports prepared by Commission doctors.