§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when she first announced a plan to publish a code of confidentiality for the NHS; what progress has been made; and if she will publish the draft NHS Management Executive document on confidentiality, use and disclosure on NHS information.
§ Mr. SackvilleIn 1984 and in 1989, the Government issued consultation documents on a draft code of practice for handling personal health information. After failure to achieve consensus on this code the Government decided instead to prepare guidance on the matter. This was announced in the reply given by my hon. Friend the
388WThe establishments named were:
- Addenbrookes Hospital (twice), Cambridge
- Kidderminster General, Kidderminster
- Lister Hospital, Stevenage and Queen Elizabeth H Hospital Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
- Luton and Dunstable Hospital Trust, Luton
- Norfolk Acute Hospitals Trust, Norwich
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington
- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex
- Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford
- Royal United Hospital Trust, Wiltshire
- St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
- St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey
- South Warwickshire General Hospital Trust, Warwick
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury
- Watford General, Watford
- Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal and Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.