HC Deb 06 June 1978 vol 951 c84W
Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, what is his Department's policy in regard to the disclosure of clinical information from patients' records in the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Moyle

Disclosure of clinical information from patients' medical records is a matter for the judgment of the doctor responsible at the time for the patient's treatment, except where disclosure is ordered by a court.

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