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Friday 09 May 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8480

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8480

Date Request Received: 20/02/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 18/03/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: PAPER MEDICAL RECORDS

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
Paper Medical Records Management

How many paper medical records does the Trust have as a data controller?
 
Answer To Question 1:
653,411 as at 26/02/25
 
Question Number 2:
How many primary on-site record libraries are there? (Just looking for primary storage locations, not local departmental stores etc. as that would take a long time to reply to).

 
Answer To Question 2:
Two
 
Question Number 3:
How many off-site record libraries are there?
 
Answer To Question 3:
We store some records off site at Restore
 
Question Number 4:
Is records management outsourced for some paper medical records?
 
Answer To Question 4:
No (Restore is just a storage repository – they don’t do any management)
 
Question Number 5:
Is records management outsourced for all paper medical records?
 
Answer To Question 5:
No
 
Question Number 6:
How many records are Trust-managed and how many are outsourced to a records management provider?
 
Answer To Question 6:
All records are Trust managed
 
Question Number 7:
If some or all records management is outsourced, what is the records management provider(s) company name(s)?
 
Answer To Question 7:
N/A
 
Question Number 8:
Is the company (if more than 1, please list) a Data Controller and/or a Data Processor for the Trust?
 
Answer To Question 8:
N/A
 
Question Number 9:
How many records has the Trust authorised and had destruction undertaken for within the last two years (2022/23 & 2023/24)?
 
Answer To Question 9:
2022/23 – none,

2023/24 - 1584
 
Question Number 10:
Was destruction undertaken by a BS15713 provider?
 
Answer To Question 10:
Yes
 
Question Number 11:
If yes, which of the following are they accredited to: BS15713:2009 or BS15713:2023?
 
Answer To Question 11:
Accredited to BS15713:2009
 
Question Number 12:
If records management is outsourced, does this include active records (records that have been in active circulation within the last three years)?
 
Answer To Question 12:
N/A
 
Question Number 13:
If records management is outsourced, does this include dormant records (records that have been in active circulation in the last four to eight years)?
 
Answer To Question 13:
N/A
 
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