Written answers
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Department of Health
Patient Files
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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318. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to amend the file of a person (details supplied) to reflect an illness diagnosed in 1994 and 1995 in view of the fact that his or her file does not include same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7674/19]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The recording of a diagnosis, and other clinical details on a patient's healthcare record, is an issue between the patient and his clinician and not an issue in which I can have any involvement. It is my understanding that if a patient wishes to have their clinical record amended, the patient may make such a request to the individual hospital concerned and/or the HSE Data Protection Office.
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