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Data Protection
Personal & Medical Information Handling
In
accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998
The
Data Protection Act 1998 was bought into force on 1st
March 2000 and works in two ways.
It
gives individuals certain rights. It also says those who record
and use personal information must be open about how the
information is used and must follow the eight principles of good
information handling.
This
document sets out the principles Grosvenor Road Surgery will apply
when handling your personal and medical information.
Grosvenor Road Surgery collects and uses personal and medical
information in order to carry out it’s duty to it’s patients. We
use your information to provide healthcare to our patients in
accordance with NHS guidelines.
All
personal information is held in accordance to the Data Protection
Act 1998.
We
will collect and use information only for medical purposes. We
will only share this information with other organisations with
express permission from the patient unless governed by law, or,
under circumstances where the practice believes the patient is at
serious risk, or we believe the patient puts other members of
public at risk of harm.
We
may share information with other NHS and medical associations
(such as BUPA etc) under partnership working arrangements. We will
share this information only when it is lawful, in accordance with
the Data Protection Act and when your rights have been fully
consideren.
We
take great care to make sure the information we hold about you is
up to date, accurate, and when no longer needed, destroyed
according to local NHS guidelines and policies.
Any information we hold about you which is not needed, will be
shredded in accordance with industry standard shredding
guidelines, on the health centre premises.
We
use a variety of physical, technical and procedural measures to
protect personal information from unauthorised or accidental
disclosure, loss or corruption.
Our
staff and anyone who handles personal information here at the
Health Centre has been trained in confidentiality issues, and is
working under legal and contractual obligations to keep your
information private and secure. Any member of staff or attached
co-workers found to breach the terms set out in the Data
Protection Act, or their contractual working agreement with the
health centre will be dismissed immediately, and if applicable,
further action taken.
You
are able to view any information we hold on you, on your request,
unless we feel this could be detrimental to your health, or, put
other members of the public at risk. A charge may be made and will
be payable to the practice as a GP will need to be involved in
this process and this is not a contractual service.
You
are able to:
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Obtain a permanent copy of your records*
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View
your records without obtaining a copy.
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Have
information explained to you where necessary, e.g. medical
abbreviations.
*The
GP holds the right to withhold information which could be
detrimental to your own health, or put any member of the public at
risk.
If
you believe any of the information we hold about you is
inaccurate, or misleading, it will be checked and corrected if
appropriate.
If
you are at all unhappy in the way in which we have handled your
personal information you can contact the Practice Manager.
For
more information please contact, in writing:
Practice Manager
Grosvenor Road Surgery
17 Grosvenor Road
Paignton
Devon
TQ4 5AZ |
