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LOSS OF MEDICAL RECORDS OF DECEASED PERSONS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1220: tabled on 20 December 2010

Tabled in the 2010-12 session.

This motion has been signed by 17 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

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.