Storage of hospital records (FOI)Storage of hospital records (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
18 June 2019.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A
Are most of the hospitals old records still stored in paper form?
B
Where are they stored?
C
How many members of staff does it take to look after / process them?
Response
A
Yes.
B
Across multiple secure sites within the hospital and some contracted off-site storage facilities.
C
The Medical Records team is responsible for the processing of hospital medical records. They are a team of 22 people.
The Medical Records team is supported by Porters who enable access to records out-of-hours.
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