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Inquiry reports can include medical records

 

The High Court has determined that medical records that are essential to the findings of an independent inquiry can be published without breaching the Data Protection Act.

This ruling results from the case of Michael Stone who was convicted of the murder of Lin and Megan Russell and attacking Josie Russell. Stone objected to the publication of the report of the inquiry into his care, which contained extensive citations from his medical and psychiatric notes.

 

Full story in bjhc&im November 2006 (256 words)

 

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