Scottish Government

Title:

Records Management: NHS Scotland Guidance

Date Published/Issued:

31/03/2010

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Version 2

Document Type:

Best Practice Guidance

Document status:

Final

Author:

Records Management Lead

Owner:

eHealth Directorate, Scottish Government

Contact:

Records Management Lead

Target Audience

Records Managers

Supersedes

• SHM 58/60 - Scottish Hospital Service Destruction of Hospital Records;
• ECS(A) 21/1969 - Disposal of Records That Have Lost Their Value;
• MEL (1993) 152 - Guidance for the Retention and Destruction of Health Records;
• HDL (2006) 28 - The Management; Retention and Disposal of Administrative Records;
• CEL 28 (2008) - Records Management: NHS Code of Practice (Scotland)

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