Your Data
Last Updated: Friday, 13 September 2024Please Ensure We Have Your Up-To-Date Contact Details
Please let us know if any of your contact details such as mobile number or address has changed so that we can ensure your medical record is kept up-to-date.
Confidentiality, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) & Medical Records
Ellergreen Medical Centre complies with GDPR and access to medical records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances, unless you have informed us you do not wish your data to be shared:
- 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. Copy & paste the link below into your web browser for more information on how data is used and your right to opt out.
https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/
Planning & Research:- This practice is supporting vital health and care planning and research by sharing your data with NHS Digital. Privacy Notice Planning & Research
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 our clinical staff.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The GDPR is a new law that determines how your personal data is processed and kept safe, and the legal rights that you have in relation to your own data. Our overall Practice Privacy Notice is below.
Practice Privacy Notice Ellergreen
Ellergreen Medical Centre has individual privacy notices related to specific areas of health care involving patient data. These are below.
CQC:- Privacy Notice CQC
Emergencies:- Privacy Notice Emergencies
Direct Care:- Privacy Notice Direct Care
National Screening Programme:- Privacy Notice National Screening Programme
Payments:- Privacy Notice Payments
Summary Care Record:- Privacy Notice Summary Care Record
NHS Digital:- Privacy Notice NHS Digital
Public Health:- Privacy Notice Public Health
Risk Stratification:- Privacy Notice Risk Stratification
Safeguarding:- Privacy Notice Safeguarding
Ellergreen Medical Centre participates in the supply of anonymised patient data to Clinical Practice Research Datalink. CPRD collects data from primary care which is provided to epidemiologists (who have licenses) who carry out public health research. CPRD is part of the Medicines and healthcare products Regulatory Agency who use the data to monitor for the safety of medicines. For further information about the importance of medical research resulting from sharing anonymised patient data click the link below.
GP Connect helps clinicians gain access to GP patient records during interactions away from a patient’s registered practice and makes their medical information available to appropriate health and social care professionals when and where they need it, to support the patient’s direct care. From a privacy, confidentiality and data protection perspective, GP Connect provides a method of secure information transfer and reduces the need to use less secure or less efficient methods of transferring information, such as email or telephone. GP Connect can only be used for direct care purposes. Individuals can opt out of their GP patient record being shared via GP Connect by contacting their GP practice. Click here for more information.
Your Data Matters
The Information Commissioners' Office at the link below has more detailed information on your data and your rights.
https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/
Text Messaging
You can now receive information regarding your appointments and health care by text message directly on on your phone. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) this is defined as providing appropriate care for patients, not marketing purposes. If you would like to opt in or out of this service then please inform us of your preference.
Access to Records
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Access to Health Records Act, patients may request to see their medical records. Such requests should be made directly to the practice. No information will be released without patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.
Freedom of Information
Information about the General Practitioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager.