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Both your paper
and computer records are
confidential. We comply with
the Data Protection Act, 1998, which
lays down legal requirements for
computer users such as ourselves.
We only ever use or pass on
information about you if people have
a
genuine need for it e.g. in making
clinical referrals. Anyone who
receives
information from us is also under a
legal duty to keep it confidential.
Sometimes the law requires us to
pass on information e.g. to notify a
birth
or when we encounter infectious
diseases that may endanger the
safety of
others. Data may be gathered for
audit purposes and in development of
medical care or other NHS services.
Everyone working for the NHS has a
legal duty to keep information about
you confidential. The Caldicott
Guardian (the person responsible for
the
confidentiality of medical
information) for the Practice is
Karen Slade.
The Practice complies with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You have a right of access to your
health records.
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