Public Liaison Services Belfast Health and Social Care Trust 1st Floor, Nore Villa Knockbracken Healthcare Park Saintfield Road Belfast BT8 8BH

T: (028) 9504 5888 F: (028) 9056 5553 E: [email protected] 14 November 2013

Our ref: FOI/7401

Mrs Roisin Sloan Email: [email protected]

Dear Mrs Sloan

Re: medical records

I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received 28 October 2013.

Under the Freedom of Information Act the information which you have requested would be exempt from disclosure under Section 40 (Personal Information).

However you may obtain your own medical records or that of your child, by submitting your request in writing to the Medical Records Department in the relevant hospital:

, 51 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AB  Mater Hospital, 45-51 Crumlin Road, Belfast, BT14 6AB  The Royal Hospitals, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BA.  , 20 Stockman’s Lane, Belfast, BT9 7JB

For Knockbracken Hospital, Muckamore Abbey Hospital, Community Health and Social Care Records (such as Social Work records) and all other requests for personal information

Write to the Data Protection Team: Data Protection Manager, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, 2nd Floor, Administration Building, Knockbracken Healthcare Park Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 8BH.

In all cases please state clearly what information you want, and make sure you include your contact details so that we can reply to you.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of Information (FOI) request has been handled you may wish to complain. You should contact: Brian Laughlin, Corporate Communications Manager, Nore Villa, Knockbracken Health Care Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 8BH or alternatively e-mail: [email protected] within two months of the date of this response and your complaint will be considered and a response provided usually within 20 working days of receipt.

Should you still be dissatisfied with the outcome, you can proceed to the second review stage by contacting the Information Commissioner, The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF who will undertake an independent review. It is important to note that if you refer any matter to the Information Commissioner, you will need to show evidence of having gone through the Trust’s review process to try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance.

If you have any queries regarding this letter please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Arlene Hanna Public Liaison Services Officer