HC Deb 12 June 1979 vol 968 cc209-10W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether National Health Service patients have the right to see their medical records.

Dr. Vaughan

Patients have no automatic right to see their medical records. Medical records are compiled by doctors to assist them in the management and treatment of a case. It is a matter of clinical judgment for the doctor concerned to disclose to his patient such information as he considers necessary and advisable in the circumstances.