Confidentiality
We ask you for personal information so that you can receive appropriate care and treatment. This information is held on computer and we are registered under the Data Protection Act. The practice will ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times by all members of the practice team.
We ask patients to appreciate that their healthcare is provided by a multidisciplinary team and, in order for patients to benefit from the best possible healthcare, it is sometimes necessary to share patient information with other team members.
We will only divulge patient information direct to patients or, in the case of a child under 16 years of age, to a parent if this is appropriate. If any patient is happy for their medical information, eg results, to be given to another person please ask in reception for a form of authority, which should be completed and signed by the patient and returned to the surgery.
Freedom of Information
All patients have a right to see their health records, subject to limitations in the law and there is a procedure for this.