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Use Of Personal Health Records |
We keep records about your health to enable you to receive the
care and treatment you need, now and in the future. This information
is personal to you and all our staff have a duty to keep it
confidential. This confidentiality means that only the information
which is essential is used and will only identify you where it is
absolutely necessary.
Health records are kept both on paper and in computer files. The
purposes for which some of the information in your health record may
be used include:
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Review or survey by doctors,
nurses and other health professionals of the care they provide
to ensure it is of the highest standard.
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Management of the National
Health Service, for example planning local health service,
investigating complaints, reviewing how effective health
services are.
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Education and training of
doctors, dentists, nurses and other health professionals.
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Approved research and audit
into health service monitoring and promoting the health of
the public. For some types of research we might need to
get in touch with you to confirm details or fill out a
questionnaire. |
Should you not wish your records
to be used as described above, please notify us in writing
addressing your letter to the Practice Administrator. Where appropriate we
may also provide your details to the local authority Social Services
Department to enable them to provide you with appropriate social
care, and, on rare occasions, it may be necessary to give
information to the courts, following receipt of a
'Court Order' requiring disclosure.
As doctors, nurses and health professionals we are encouraged to
share with you the information we record. You of course, also have a
legal right of access to your own health records, subject to certain
limitations laid down by Parliament and an administrative cost. If
you wish, your relatives, friends or carers be kept up-to-date with
the progress of your treatment, please write to the Practice Manager
in the first instance. |
