Abortion notifications and data - changing the process: consultation - Page 1 of 5 - Scottish Government

1. Should registered medical practitioners be required to send abortion notifications to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) electronically (rather than on a paper form)?

Yes – notifications should be sent electronically No – notifications should continue to be sent on paper forms I don’t know

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2. Currently, doctors must send notifications to the CMO within seven days of the abortion. Should registered medical practitioners be given a longer time period to return abortion notifications to the CMO?

Yes – they should be given fourteen days from the date of the termination Yes – they should be given one month from the date of the termination Yes – they should be given three months from the date of the termination No – they should continue to provide notifications within seven days of the termination I don’t know Other

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3. Currently, data on abortions is sent to the CMO with the abortion notifications; the CMO's office then passes it directly to Public Health Scotland. In future, should providers send data for the compilation of the abortion statistics directly to Public Health Scotland (PHS), rather than sending it via the CMO?

Yes – data should be supplied directly to PHS No – data should not be supplied to PHS directly I don’t know

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4. The proposed changes mean that the Chief Medical Officer would no longer receive any personal data about patients with abortion notifications. This data would instead be transferred directly to Public Health Scotland. Do you think there will be any impact from the changes proposed in this consultation on the privacy of personal data about patients and staff?

Yes – these changes will impact on data privacy No – these changes won’t have any impact on data privacy I don’t know

If you selected ‘Yes’, please provide comments on any impact on privacy (either positive or negative):

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