How We Use Your Data

 

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  • We hold your medical records so that we can provide you with safe care and treatment.
  • We keep your medical records confidential and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (Data Protection Act 2018).  
  • We will also use your information so that this practice can check and review the quality of the care we provide. This helps us to improve our services to you.
  • We will share relevant information from your medical record with other health or social care staff or organisations when they provide you with care. For example, your GP will share information when they refer you to a specialist in a hospital. Or your GP will send details about your prescription to your chosen pharmacy. 

Healthcare staff working in A&E and out of hours care will also have access to your information. For example, it is important that staff who are treating you in an emergency know if you have any allergic reactions. This will involve the use of your Individual Health Record. For more information click here or alternatively speak to us.

You have the right to object to information being shared for your own care. Please speak to the practice if you wish to object. You also have the right to have any mistakes or errors corrected so if you notice information on your record which you feel is inaccurate, or is not about you, please contact the surgery as soon as possible by using either: 

 

Other important information about how your information is used to provide you with healthcare:

Registering for NHS care

  • All patients who receive NHS care are registered on a national database.
  • This database holds your name, address, date of birth and NHS Number but it does not hold information about the care you receive.
  • The database is held by NHS Digital, a national organisation which has legal responsibilities to collect NHS data.
  • More information can be found at NHS Digital or the phone number for general enquiries at NHS Digital is 0300 303 5678
 

Identifying patients who might be at risk of certain diseases

Your medical records will be searched by a computer programme so that we can identify patients who might be at high risk from certain diseases such as heart disease or unplanned admissions to hospital.

This means we can offer patients additional care or support as early as possible.

This process will involve linking information from your GP record with information from other health or social care services you have used.

Information which identifies you will only be seen by this practice.

 

Safeguarding

Sometimes we need to share information so that other people, including healthcare staff, children, or others with safeguarding needs, are protected from risk of harm.

These circumstances are rare.

We do not need your consent or agreement to do this.

Please read our Privacy Notice for further information about how we handle your information