public health
| Information type | Keep for | Keep from | Legislation or business reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Care Mortality Database | Indefinitely | 1993 | Business decision |
| Birth records | Indefinitely | 1993 | Business decision. |
| Smoking | Current year plus one | Closure - end of quit date tax year | Professional decision |
| Public health promotion | Six years | Creation | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Public health incidents | Six years | Resolution or conclusion | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Public health evidence gathering | Ten years | Creation | Professional decision |
| Public health annual reports | Permanent | Creation | Health and Social Care Act 2012 Section 31 5 – 6 National Health Act 2006 Section 73B |
| Public health advice and support to commissioning bodies | Six years | Closure folwoing report completion | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Public health advice to elected members, officers and general public | Six years | Closure | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Pregnancy, birth, early years, child development and growth | Six years | Creation | Professional decision |
| National child measurement programme | Current year plus one | Closure following the NCMP final submission | Professional decision |
| Joint strategic needs assessment | Six years | Creation | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Joint health and well being strategy | Until superceded | Creation | Professional decision |
| Health protection | Six years | Creation | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Healthy living and working – adults 18 – 45 | Six years | Creation | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Health inequalities reduction | Six years | Creation | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Health improvement | Current year plus five | Closure | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Health and wellbeing board agendas and minutes | Six years | Creation | Professional decision |
| Alcohol and drugs – children and young people | Until aged 25,26 if 17 or less at end of treatment,eight years after death | Date of birth or death | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Alcohol and drugs – adult service users | Eight years | Conclusion of treatment or death | Health and Social Care Act 2012 S18 |
| Ageing well – people over 45 | Six years | Creation | Professional decision |