Personal Data
The following IT systems are in use at the practice:
- Referral Management (using NHS numbers in referrals)
- Electronic Appointment Booking (the facility to book routine appointments online and, similarly, to cancel appointments
- Online booking of repeat prescriptions
- Summary Care Record (uploading details of your current medication and allergies to the national “spine” so that these are available for doctors involved in your care elsewhere)
- GP to GP transfers (the electronic transfer of records from practice to practice when you re-register
- Patient Access to records (the facility to view your medical records online).
If you are not already registered for online access and would like to be please complete our online form.
If you would like access to your medical records enabled or would like to opt out of the local or national summary care record, please contact reception.
To choose to opt out of data sharing patients should visit https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/
Subject Access Request Policy
GDPR - Fair Processing.
You can read a full statement here Practice Fair Processing Privacy Notice
Records and confidentiality.
Most patient information is held on computer. All personal information is confidential and the consent of individual patients is needed before it can be given to anyone else. Sometimes we may need to share information with other professionals involved in your care, but they also have a legal duty to keep it confidential.
You are entitled to see your health records if you want to do this, please ask at reception for details. If you want to make a Subject Access Report, please download and complete this form and return it to us Application for Access to Medical Records