You have a right under the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 to request access to view or to obtain copies of what information the surgery holds about you and to have it amended should it be inaccurate more>>
The NHS uses information about patients (patient data) to research, plan and improve the services we offer and the treatment and care patients receive. You can choose whether or not your data is used for research and planning. There are different types of data-sharing you can opt out of.
More>>When you come to the surgery, information about you, your medical treatment and family background may be recorded, on paper and computer, to help us care for you. The information is part of your health record and will be kept in case we need to see you again.We hold demographic data (name, address, telephone numbers, date of birth, ethnic origin, family relationships, next of kin) and clinical data (diagnoses, family history, allergies and sensitivities, medication, consultation records, investigations, test results, referrals and letters to and from other NHS organisations about your care).
Members of the clinical teams looking after you may share your personal health information with each other. This team may include healthcare professionals and support staff. All NHS staff are bound by law and a strict code of confidentiality, and are monitored by the Surgery's Caldicott Guardian (Dr Phil Lamballe), who is responsible for ensuring patients' confidentiality is respected. Your confidentiality is very important to us, and we have strict controls in place to protect your information.
For more information please see our Fair Processing Notice/Privacy Notice by clicking here >>
It is important that you tell the person treating you if any of your details such as your name or address have changed or if any of your details such as date of birth is incorrect in order for this to be amended. You have a responsibility to inform us of any changes so our records are accurate and up to date for you.
Accurate, up-to-date information about you:
Accurate, up-to-date information about you:
Sometimes we have to pass on information by law:
We may have to share information about you with non-NHS staff (for example Social Services): we will only do this if it is necessary, and if we need your consent we will ask you for it. The main NHS organisations which may need your information are Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Units, other NHS trusts, hospitals, other GP practices and ambulance services. If we have to share information about you, we will remove your personal details where possible.
Doctors, nurses and health professionals are working to improve the way patient information is securely shared within the North East and North Cumbria - improving the care you receive and helping NHS services to run more efficiently more>>
Document retention
Our policy on document retention
Information for patients
Practice leaflet about GDPR
Data Provision Notice
Type 1 opt-out form - click here
Summary Care Record (SCR)
Having your Summary Care Record (SCR) available will help anyone treating you who does not have immediate access to your full medical record (eg in an emergency or out-of-hours). If you do not want your medical records to be available in this way then you will need to let us know more>>
GP to GP record transfers
It is very important that you are registered with a doctor at all times. NHS England require practices to utilise the GP2GP facility for the transfer of patient records between practices when a patient registers or de-registers (not for temporary registration) more>>
The General Data Protection Regulations 2018 requires organisations to register a notification with the Information Commissioner to describe the purposes for which they process personal and sensitive information. This information is publicly available on the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) website and the practice is registered with them.
Our Data Controller is Dr Phil Lamballe and David Nicholson is the Data Protection Officer. They are responsible for keeping your information secure and confidential.
All health and adult social care providers are subject to the statutory duty under section 251B of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to share information about a patient for their direct care. This duty is subject to both the common law duty of confidence and currently the DPA98 (and in due course the DPA18 and GDPR).
For common law purposes, sharing information for direct care is on the basis of implied consent, which may also cover administrative purposes where the patient has been informed or it is otherwise within their reasonable expectations.
Under the GDPR, for processing personal data in the delivery of direct care, and for providers' administrative purposes, the Article 6 condition for lawful processing that applies to the surgery and all publicly funded health and social care organisations in the delivery of their functions is:
6(1)(e) for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
Under the GDPR, personal data concerning health are special categories of personal data; the most appropriate Article 9 condition which applies to the surgery for direct care or administrative purposes is:
9(2)(h) medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems
The data we hold on you will not be transferred outside the EU. Should any future changes in the NHS mean that this is possible, we will seek you permission before transferring any of your information outside the EU.