The Access to Health Records (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Correction of inaccurate health recordsN.I.

8.—(1) Where a person considers that any information contained in a health record, or any part of a health record, to which he has been given access under Article 5(2) is inaccurate, he may apply to the holder of the record for the necessary correction to be made.

(2) On an application under paragraph (1), the holder of the record shall—

(a)if he is satisfied that the information is inaccurate, make the necessary correction;

(b)if he is not so satisfied, make in the part of the record in which the information is contained a note of the matters in respect of which the information is considered by the applicant to be inaccurate; and

(c)in either case, without requiring any fee, supply the applicant with a copy of the correction or note.

(3) In this Article “inaccurate” means incorrect, misleading or incomplete.