Privacy Notice
Your data, privacy and the Law - How we use your medical records
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- This practice handles medical records according to the laws on data protection and confidentiality
- We share medical records with health professionals who are involved in providing you with care and treatment. This is on a need to know basis and event by event.
- Some of your data is automatically copied to the Shared Care Summary Record
- We share some of your data with local out of hours / urgent or emergency care services
- Data about you is used to manage national screening campaigns such as Flu, Cervical cytology and Diabetes prevention
- Data about you, usually de-identified, is used to manage the NHS and make payments
- We share information when the law requires us to do, for instance when we are inspected or reporting certain illnesses or safeguarding vulnerable people
- Your data is used to check the quality of care provided by the NHS
- We may also share anonymised medical records for medical research. We are signed up to a number of data sharing agreements with other health organisations (such as other practices within our PCN, ICB) that support us in delivering and enhancing patient care through the use of digital tools.
Clinical Digital Tools
We also use a range of digital tools to support improved patient care. These digital tools may relate to very specific conditions and use of them supports diagnosis, clinical decision making, prescribing and management of a condition. Often these digital tools are developed and managed by third parties who are contracted by the NHS for the provision of this very specific work to ensure best patient care. Your information may be shared with these organisations where it is relevant to your care.
1) Data Controller contact details
Mendip Country Practice
Coleford
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 5NQ
Telephone: 01373812244
2) Data Protection Officer contact details
Kevin Caldwell
GP Data Protection Officer
Somerset CCG
Wynford House
Lufton Way
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8HR
Telephone: 01935 384000
Data Protection Policy
GDPR Policy
Fair Processing Notice Detailed
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