2026, issue 34

Subject access requests and data shared with defence organisations

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A subject access request can sometimes involve patient information shared with your defence organisation. Here’s our advice on what to include - and what to redact. 

There may be an assumption…that under the SAR, there is an obligation on the data controller to provide copies of all the documents that include personal data. That is not correct.

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This page was correct at publication on 27/02/2026. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Joanne Brooks
MDU solicitor

After postgraduate studies in Medical Ethics and Law, Joanne trained in private practice, before joining the MDU in-house legal department in 2000. Joanne assists medical and dental members with a range of legal issues, including clinical negligence claims, GMC and GDC proceedings, investigations by NHS England and Wales, and inquests.