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Care Records with Retention Periods Contraception, sexual health, Family Planning and Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) Discharge or patient last seen 8 or 10 years (see Notes) Review and if no longer needed destroy Basic retention requirement is 8 years unless there is an implant or device inserted, in which case it is 10 years. All must be reviewed prior to destruction taking into account any serious incident retentions. If this is a record of a child, treat as a child record as above. Care Records with Retention Periods HFEA records of treatment provided in licenced treatment centres 3, 10, 30, or 50 Review and if no longer needed destroy Care Records with Retention Periods Medical record of a patient with Disease (CJD) Diagnosis 30 Years or 8 years after the patient has died Review and consider transfer to a of Deposit For the purposes of clinical care the diagnosis records of CJD must be retained. Where the CJD records are in a main patient file the entire file must be retained. All must be reviewed prior to destruction taking into account any serious incident retentions. Care Records with Retention Periods Record of long term illness or an illness that may reoccur Discharge or patient last seen 30 Years or 8 years after the patient has died Review and if no longer needed destroy Necessary for continuity of clinical care.The primary record of the illness and course of treatment must be kept of a patient where the illness may reoccur or is a life long illness. Pharmacy Information relating to controlled Creation See Notes Review and if no longer needed destroy to Pharmacy Pharmacy prescription records see also Controlled Discharge or patient last seen 2 Years Review and if no longer needed destroy to
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