Reports and Publications, 1971 - c. 1994

Sub-Series

Identifier: LHB7/8/94

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Sub-series of reports, guidelines and papers covering a wide range of medical, psychiatric, and patient care issues.

Dates

Creation: 1971 - c. 1994

Conditions Governing Access

Public access to these records is governed by UK data protection legislation, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and the latest version of the Scottish Government Records Management: Health and Social Care Code of Practice (Scotland). Whilst some records may be accessed freely by researchers, the aforementioned legislation and guidelines mean that records conveying sensitive information on named individuals may be closed to the public for a set time.

Where health records relate to named deceased adults, they will be open 75 years after the latest date referenced, on the next 1 January. Case records of individuals below 18 years of age or adults not proven to be deceased will be open 100 years after the latest date recorded, on the next 1 January. Further information on legislation and guidelines covering medical records can be found here: https://bit.ly/2CXB4V8.

LHSA encourages the use of these records for legitimate clinical, historical and genealogical research purposes, and records that are designated as closed can be consulted by legitimate researchers if certain conditions are met. Please contact the LHSA Archivist for more details regarding procedures on how you can apply for permission to view closed records. Telephone us on: 0131 650 3392 or email us at lhsa@ed.ac.uk.

Biographical / Historical

This series was originally kept in three boxes, alphabetically by report title or subject. There were also two indexes to the reports which have been retained at LHB7/8/94/1, although not all the items in the indexes are still in the collection. It is not known which department maintained the reports but one of the indexes is signed by L Rutherford.