The Health Improvement Network

We keep personal information as set out in the Scottish Government Records Management: NHS Code of Practice (Scotland) Version 2.1 January 2012 (the code). The code sets out the length of time we need to retain information (called ‘minimum retention periods’) including personal information, held in different types of records like personal health records and administrative records.

We maintain a ‘retention schedule’, as directed by the code, which details the minimum retention period for the personal information we use and how we safely dispose of it.