Confidentiality & Medical Records

The practice Caldicott Guardian is Dr Jordan.

The practice complies with data protection and access to medical records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances:

  • To provide further medical treatment for you e.g. from district nurses and hospital services.
  • To help you get other services e.g. from the social work department. This requires your consent.
  • When we have a duty to others e.g. in child protection cases anonymised patient information will also be used at local and national level to help the Health Board and Government plan services e.g. for diabetic care.
  • If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.

Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.

Confidentiality

Every member of staff who works for an NHS organisation has a legal obligation to keep information about you confidential.

As a practice we take confidentiality very seriously.

If you would like to see a copy of our confidentiality policy, please ask at reception.