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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