Accessing your health records
Under the Data Protection Act (DPA), individuals can request information held by the Trust about themselves including their medical records. This process is known as a Subject Access Request.
The Access to Health Records Act (AHRA) provides certain individuals with a right of access to the health records of deceased individual. These individuals are defined as, 'the patients personal representative and any person who may have a claim arising out of the patients death.' A personal representative is the executor or administrator of the deceased person's estate.