§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will ensure that any service man or civilian who was involved in the nuclear bomb testing programme will be given his full medical and radiation dose records on his request.
§ Mr. Ian StewartMedical records held by the Ministry of Defence are, like all other medical records in this country, subject to the principle of medical confidentiality, which means that a doctor can only normally release them, with the individual's consent, to another doctor for medical purposes for the benefit of the individual. Radiation dose records are, however, treated as confidential to the person concerned and, on request, the Ministry of Defence will release to the individual, or his authorised representative, the summary statement of his radiation dose received during the nuclear tests.