Ms Emer Campbell:

It belongs to the patient, who has access to the notes, as in equivalent care in the community. The person can contact us through their GP. Often, the GP's secretary will ring up and will say, "We have Mr. Smith here and he wants his medical file". With their written consent, which is sometimes faxed or scanned to us, we will give their notes to that clinician, along with any data they need. It is an effort to smooth the through care into the community. A lot of people are duplicating the same tests. For example, if you had an x-ray and bloods three weeks ago as part of the Irish Prison Service, you do not want to be doing the same again and going through the process-----