Welcome to Medical Records, the aim of this section is to provide information and advice relating to our Department.

Medical Records provides an essential and varied service: -

  • Provision of casenotes for Outpatient Appointments
  • Provision of casenotes for Emergency Admissions
  • Urgent casenote service
  • Ad-hoc requests for notes
  • Subject Access Request for Acute and Community Records
  • Scanning and archiving

Medical Records operate a Closed Library where the records are all sorted and filed; the Department is locked and secured at all times ensuring that access is only given to appropriate individuals.

Medical Records also manage the Trust's offsite storage contract with Restore and Datatron.

Medical Records Management structure:

  • Adam Bell – Head of Medical Records and Child Health Information Service - adam.bell5@nhs.net Ex: 42009 or Ex: 2393 or Ex: 8202
  • Maria Russell – Medical Records Manager for Sunderland Royal Hospital - maria.russell@nhs.net Ex: 42535
  • Louise Cowie – Medical Records Manager for South Tyneside District Hospital - louise.cowie@nhs.net Ex: 2746
  • Sam Calder – Lead Team Leader for Subject Access Request and Acute (SRH/SEI) - samantha.calder@nhs.net Ex: 41151
  • Trudy Shickle – Team Leader for Acute Subject Access Request (STDH) - trudi.shickle@nhs.net Ex: 2742
  • Jannette Hunter – Team Leader for Community Subject Access Request - jannette.hunter@nhs.net Ex: 2607
  • Jan Hall – Team Leader for Library Services (STDH) - jan.hall3@nhs.net Ex: 2748
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