Health and Social Care Act 2008 s 157 and NIGB Regs 2008/2558.
2.
Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations2002/1438 s1 (5). Excludes Scotland and NI.
3.
NHS Act 2006 s251 (formerly known as ‘section 60’ Health and Social Care Act 2001).
4.
Coco v AN Clark (Engineers) Ltd (1969) 86 RPC 41.
5.
Campbell v MGN Ltd [2004] 2 UKHL 22.
6.
per Browne-WilkinsonV-CSir in Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers [1987] 1 WLR 1284, 1265.
7.
Hellewell v Chief Constable of Derbyshire [1995] 4 All ER 473.
8.
X v Y [1988] 2 All ER 648 and 657 per Rose J and Southall v GMC (2009) EWHC 1155 supporting GMC Fitness to Practice Panel decision on the ‘Dinwiddie letter’ 4 December 2007.
9.
Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice November 2003, Para 30 and Figure 7.
10.
NHS Act 2006, s251 (11) a) (ii).
11.
NHS Act 2006, s251 (6).
12.
NHS Act 2006, s251 (1) and (12).
13.
NHS Act 2006 s251 (6) (2) and Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002/1438 Schedule.
14.
NHS Act 2006, s251 (1).
15.
Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002/1438 s7 (2).
16.
NHS Act 2006, s251 (7).
17.
NHS Act 2006, s251 (5).
18.
Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002/1438 s7 (1) (a).
19.
Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002/1438 s7 (1) (b) (c).
20.
Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002/1438 s7 (1) (d).
21.
Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002/1438 s5 (a).
22.
Acknowledgment is given to David Neal of NRES and Zoe Lawrence of NIGB.
23.
Mental Capacity Act 2005 ss 30–33.
24.
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