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Medical records and police powers

01 January 1991

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Medical records and police powers
refdoc August=1991

D8307255 83/02/03

The BMA is advising doctors to intensify its campaign of non-cooperation with
the police over access to patients' records, following Government refusal to
exempt medical records from new police powers of search and seize in the
Criminal Evidence Bill.

Guardian 83/02/03 p2; Times p3

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