Guidance

Records Management: NHS Code of Practice

Sets out standards required for the management of NHS records.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 30 March 2006

This publication was withdrawn on 19 August 2016

Updated guidance has been published on the NHS Digital website

Applies to England

Documents

Records Management: NHS Code of Practice, Part 1

PDF, 978 KB, 96 pages

Records Management: NHS Code of Practice, Part 2 (Second Edition)

PDF, 1.45 MB, 110 pages

Details

This code of practice applies to hard copy and digital records, including records of NHS patients treated on behalf of the NHS in the private sector.

Published 30 March 2006