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Report on patient confidentiality
25/04/2002
A report on how to strengthen patient's rights to
confidentiality, while ensuring that information from
patient records can be used for vital health research was
published today.
The report, by the independent Confidentiality and
Security Advisory Group for Scotland (CSAGS).
Responding to the report by the independent
Confidentiality and Security Advisory Group for Scotland
(CSAGS), Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care Hugh
Henry said:
"I am pleased to welcome this report and accept its
basic principles, which echo our our commitment to
informing and involving patients, while still allowing
health information to be used both to improve health
services and to carry out vital research work.
"We will be looking closely at its recommendations and
will come forward later this year with a detailed
response."
CSAGS is an independent advisory group, which was set up
by the Scottish Executive in September 2000. Its remit is
to advise on how NHSScotland's systems and procedures
should change so as to match up to current legal,
professional and ethical requirements on confidentiality
and security, and to make proposals on best practice. The
Group carried out an extensive consultation exercise in
2001.