100 | Annual Report 2018 made to ensure that patients would have access to the logs from 1 January 2009 at the latest. Today patients have access to certain log data, for instance via Sundhedsportalen, the electronic healthcare platform combining a patient’s medical records into one record – which has only been implemented in two of the five regions in Denmark, however. Thus, full access for all patients to log data is not yet a reality. For this reason, the Ombudsman has notified Parliament of the case. 7 May Correspondence between Crown Prince and IOC in principle subject to right of access Correspondence between the Government and the Royal House about The Crown Prince’s tasks as a member of the International Olympic Committee (the IOC) is in principle subject to the right of access. So says the Ombudsman in a recent statement. 22 May Ombudsman to look into new grounds given for withholding correspondence about Crown Prince and IOC In a statement of 24 April 2018, the Ombudsman concluded that letters exchanged between the Government and the Royal House about The Crown Prince’s tasks as a member of the International Olympic Committee (the IOC) are not internal documents within the meaning of the Access to Public Administration Files Act, and that for this reason they are in principle subject to the right of access. (...) The Ministry of Culture has now made a new decision on the matter. Some information has been released to the journalist who had requested access to the correspondence, but other information is still being withheld – this time with reference to other provisions of the Act. The Ombudsman is now to look into the Ministry’s new decision as the journalist has complained to the Ombudsman again. 23 May Claims for refunds of dividend tax may have gone missing at Customs and Tax Administration For a number of years until 2016, the Danish Customs and Tax Administration (SKAT) did not register claims for refunds of dividend tax correctly. As a result, SKAT did not have an overview of the cases, and claims may have gone missing. The Ombudsman has now asked SKAT to consider providing information about the problem on its website, stating that claims for refunds of dividend tax may have gone missing and that affected citizens should contact SKAT. 29 May Ombudsman maintains assessment of conditions for foreign nationals with tolerated residence status Following two monitoring visits in October 2017 to Departure Centre Kærshovedgård, the Parliamentary Ombudsman maintains his previous assessment of the conditions for foreign nationals with tolerated residence status who are required to reside at a centre. The visits were carried out as a follow-up to similar monitoring visits in 2012 and 2014 to the Sandholm asylum centre, where persons with tolerated residence status were placed at that time. 30 May Update on Ombudsman investigation of ‘Ry case’ Journalists and others have been taking an ongoing interest in the Ombudsman’s investigation of the socalled ‘Ry case’ – including in when the Ombudsman expects to conclude his investigation. The case emanates from an incident which took place on 6 February 2017 in the town of Ry where a 16-year-old boy suffered serious burns when he was hit by a bottle of burning petrol. …