Policy responses and statements

Name of organisation:

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS)

Name of policy document:

Invitation to comment on Good Management Good Records

Deadline for response:

15 March 2011

Background: Good Management Good Records (GMGR) was initially published in December 2004. It includes advice and guidance on records management, including the minimum retention periods for different types of records.

GMGR is now being revised and extended to include guidance on the management of records by those working under contract to the HSC.

The guidelines contained in GMGR apply to HSC records of all types (including records of HSC patients treated on behalf of the HSC in the private healthcare sector, or receiving social care services contracted for (procured by) HSC bodies) regardless of the media on which they are held.

Stakeholders were given the opportunity to comment on the revised guidance.

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Copies of this response are available from:

Lesley Lockhart,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 1JQ.

Tel: 0131 225 7324 ext 608
Fax: 0131 220 3939

[15 March 2011]