Information assurance and management
Records Management Plan
The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 requires Scottish Public Authorities, subject to the Act, to prepare and submit a Records Management Plan to be agreed by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland (the Keeper). Thereafter, public authorities must manage their records in accordance with the plan.
The Keeper has prepared a Model Records Plan which contains 14 element that the Keeper would expect a Scottish public authority to consider when creating its Records Management Plan. The 14 elements are:
- Senior management responsibility
- Records manager responsibility
- Records management policy statement
- Business classification
- Retention schedules
- Destruction arrangements
- Archiving and transfer arrangements
- Information security
- Data protection
- Business continuity and vital records
- Audit trail
- Competency framework for records management staff
- Review and assessment
- Shared information
NHS Lanarkshire Records Management Plan
The NHSL records management plan was approved in 2015 and has been subject to a Review by the Keeper of the Records. View both documents by clicking the link below or save using the Download button:
