Form

Application for a deceased individual's health records

This form is to be used if you wish to apply for access to health records in relation to a deceased individual.

• From: Health and Social Care Information Centre
• Published: 25 April 2013

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Access to deceased patient health records

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Details

The Access to Health Records Act 1990 grants rights to certain individuals to see what has been written about a deceased patient in a hospital and other health records. This only applies to written records made on or after 1st November 1991.

Access is available to:

• The patient’s personal representative (this will be the executor of the will or the administrator of the estate)
• Any person who may have a claim arising out of the patient’s death

Published 25 April 2013