Data Protection
Information about you and your visits to the doctor, as well as subsequent treatment, is held on computer. The practice staff use the computer to perform their day-to-day duties, such as repeat prescriptions, recalls etc.
Practice staff have always been required to treat patient information with the strictest confidence and have been given additional training in their responsibilities under the Data Protection Act.
The practice will not disclose patient identifiable data without first obtaining the patient's express permission. Patients retain the right to opt out of their data being used, and to change their minds before a disclosure is made.
In the event of a complaint the practice may need to provide information about the patient concerned and the treatment they have received to insurers or legal advisors.
Freedom Of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 obliges the practice to produce a publication scheme. A publication scheme is a guide to the "classes" of information the practice intends to routinely make available.
GDPR & Privacy Notices
Read our privacy notices.
Access to Records
As your GP practice, we have been asked to provide you with access to your full medical record via the NHS app (and NHS website) if you have a suitable NHS login, from 31 October 2023. We have decided to ask your permission first, as this gives us a chance to check your understanding and be sure access to your data is safe for you. We are aware that not everyone will want access to their full record on the internet at this time, and some patients may have concerns about their personal medical records being made available on their smartphones or online, especially if other people have access to their devices. If you do not want this access to be granted, please let us know. If you would like to know more about this access: more information here.
Useful Documents
This practice is supporting vital health and care planning and research by sharing your data with NHS Digital. For more information about this see the GP Practice Privacy Notice for General Practice Data for Planning and Research.
Data Opt-out
Futher information on how to opt-out of sharing your data
View the "How we use your health records (DOCX, 157KB)" leaflet
SAR
If you would like to request information from your medical records - called a Subject Access Request (SAR) - please download the request form (DOCX, 22KB). Although submission of this form is not mandatory, it will allow us to make sure your request is quickly directed to the correct team for processing.
Please be assured that we have always taken our patients data privacy very seriously, and will continue to do so.