Mental Health Tribunal, 'Direction for disclosure of medical records to legal representatives and to Medical Members of the Tribunal' (17/11/21)
Automatic disclosure of medical records The changes from the earlier version are: (1) this is "[t]o limit contact and reduce risk during the Covid pandemic" rather than applying "[w]here there are restrictions on the ability of legal representatives to visit patients without undue delay and risk to themselves and others in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic"; (2) There is an extra paragraph: "The RA shall send the clinical notes to the eJudiciary email address of the Medical Member of the Tribunal no later than 3 days before the Tribunal."