This is the privacy notice of Swarland Avenue Surgery . In this document, “we”, “our”, or “us” refers to Swarland Avenue Surgery, 2 Swarland Avenue, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7TD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Telephone number: 0191 215 0141<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This website collects some personal data from users, as stated in our website provider’s Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Practice aims to ensure the highest standard of medical care for our patients and we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. To do this we keep records about you, your health and the care we have provided, or plan to provide, to you. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us at the address shown above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<\/a> came in to force on May 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can download or view our Patient information leaflet about GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can download\/view our Childrens’ Privacy Policy information leaflet shown below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n NHS Digital collects health information from the records health and social care providers keep about the care and treatment they give, to promote health or support improvements in the delivery of care services in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GDPR requires that the information we hold about you is accurate and current. We rely on our patients to tell us if they have moved house, or had medical treatment abroad. For our part, we will update your medical records at each consultation with a doctor or a nurse (either face to face, or by telephone), and with any relevant information we receive from hospital, community or social services providers (e.g. new diagnoses, change in circumstances).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Data Protection Officer is responsible for ensuring the Practice remains compliant at all times with Data Protection, Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations, Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations. The Data Protection Officer shall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The DPO will be independent and an expert in data protection. The DPO will be the Practice\u2019s point of contact with the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Data Protection Officer for all North Tyneside GP Practices: \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liane Cotterill<\/strong> The Data Protection Act 2018 requires organisations to register a notification with the Information Commissioner to describe the purposes for which they process personal and sensitive information. Any changes to this notice will be published on our website and in a prominent area at the Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Law requires us to determine under which of six defined bases we process different categories of your personal information, and to notify you of the basis for each category. If a basis on which we process your personal information is no longer relevant then we shall immediately stop processing your data. If the basis changes then, if required by Law, we shall notify you of the change and of any new basis under which we have determined that we can continue to process your information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal basis will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article 6(1)(c) \u201cprocessing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article 9(2)(h) \u201cprocessing is necessary for the purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of Union or Member State law or pursuant to contract with a health professional and subject to the conditions and safeguards \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you join our Practice, receive medical services from us, or otherwise agree to our terms and conditions, a contract is formed between you and us. In order to carry out our obligations under that contract we must process the information you give us. Some of this information may be personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We may use it in order to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We process this information on the basis there is a contract between us, or that you have requested we use the information before we enter into a legal contract. Additionally, we may aggregate this information in a general way and use it to provide class information, for example to monitor our performance with respect to a particular service we provide. If we use it for this purpose, you as an individual will not be personally identifiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We shall continue to process this information until the contract between us ends or is terminated by either party under the terms of the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NHS Act 2006 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 invests statutory functions on GP Practices to promote and provide the health service in England, improve quality of services, reduce inequalities, conduct research, review performance of services and deliver education and training. To do this we will need to process your information in accordance with current data protection legislation to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We use personal information on different groups of individuals including: \u0001 <\/p>\n\n\n\n The personal information we use includes information that identifies you like your name, address, date of birth and postcode.We also use more sensitive types of personal information, including information about racial or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or philosophical beliefs; trade union membership; genetic and biometric data, health; sex life or sexual orientation.The information we use can relate to personal and family details; education, training and employment details; financial details; lifestyle and social circumstances; goods and services; visual images; details held in the patient record; responses to surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse our website or ask us to provide you with more information about our business, including job opportunities and our services, you provide your consent to us to process information that may be personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information, for example, by asking you to agree to our use of cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes you might give your consent implicitly, such as when you send us a message by e-mail to which you would reasonably expect us to reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Except where you have consented to our use of your information for a specific purpose, we do not use your information in any way that would identify you personally. We may aggregate it in a general way and use it to provide class information, for example to monitor the performance of a particular page on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us in writing. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use our website or our services further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We may process information on the basis there is a legitimate interest, either to you or to us, of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where we process your information on this basis, we do after having given careful consideration to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, we may process your data on this basis for the purposes of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are subject to the Law like everyone else. Sometimes, we must process your information in order to comply with a statutory obligation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, we may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This may include your personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Special category data is personal data which the GDPR says is more sensitive, and so needs more protection. For example information about an individuals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We may process this information for the purposes of medical diagnosis, provision of health treatment and management of the health of our patients and the community we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Healthcare Professionals who provide you with care maintain records about your health and any treatment or care you have received previously (e.g. NHS Trust, GP Surgery, Walk-in clinic, etc.). These records are used to help to provide you with the best possible healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NHS healthcare records may be electronic, on paper or a mixture of both, and we use a combination of working practices and technology to ensure that your information is kept confidential and secure. Records we hold about you may include the following information;<\/p>\n\n\n\n To ensure you receive the best possible care, your records are used to facilitate the care you receive. Information held about you may be used to help protect the health of the public and to help us manage the NHS. Information may be used within our GP Practice for clinical audit to monitor the quality of the service provided. Some of this information will be held centrally and used for statistical purposes. Where we do this, we take strict measures to ensure that individual patients cannot be identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes your information may be requested to be used for research purposes \u2013 the Surgery will always gain your consent before releasing the information for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although we must provide this information free of charge, if your request is considered unfounded or excessive, or if you request the same information more than once, we may charge a reasonable fee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like to access your personal information, you can do this by submitting a written request to the Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once we have received your request and you have provided us with enough information for us to locate your personal information, we will respond to your request without delay, within one month (30 days). However If your request is complex we may take longer, by up to two months, to respond. If this is the case we will tell you and explain the reason for the delay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You have the right under Article 21 of the GDPR to object to your personal information being processed. Please contact the Practice if you wish to object to the processing of your data. You should be aware that this is a right to raise an objection which is not the same as having an absolute right to have your wishes granted in every circumstance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GP Practices process personal data under Article 6(1)(c) on a lawful and legitimate basis where the organisation is obliged under law to comply with<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have the right to access any identifiable personal data that is being processed or shared and to have any inaccuracies corrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone who receives information from us also has a legal duty to keep it confidential and secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All staff in the Practice sign a Confidentiality Agreement that explicitly makes clear their duties in relation to personal health information and the consequences of breaching that duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please be aware that your information will be accessed by non-clinical Practice staff in order to perform tasks enabling the functioning of the Practice. These include, but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your GP electronic patient record is held securely and confidentially on an electronic system managed by your registered GP Practice. If you require attention from a local Healthcare Professional outside of your usual practice services, such as in an Evening and Weekend GP Access Clinic, GP Federation Service, Emergency Department, Minor Injury Unit or Out Of Hours service, the professionals treating you are better able to give you safe and effective care if some of the information from your GP record is available to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where available, this information can be shared electronically with other local healthcare providers via a secure system designed for this purpose. Depending on the service you are using and your health needs, this may involve the Healthcare Professional accessing a secure system that enables them to view parts of your GP electronic patient record ,or a secure system that enables them to view your full GP electronic patient record (e.g. EMIS remote consulting system).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In all cases, your information is only accessed and used by authorised staff who are involved in providing or supporting your direct care. Your permission will be asked before the information is accessed, other than in exceptional circumstances (e.g. emergencies) if the Healthcare Professional is unable to ask you and this is deemed to be in your best interests (which will then be logged).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We sometimes receive data that is indirectly made up from your personal information from third parties whose services we use. No such information is personally identifiable to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will only ever use or pass on information about you if others involved in your care have a genuine need for it. We will not disclose your information to any third party without your permission unless there are exceptional circumstances (i.e. life or death situations), where the law requires information to be passed on and \/ or in accordance with the new information sharing principle following Dame Fiona Caldicott\u2019s information sharing review (Information to share or not to share) where \u201cThe duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality.\u201d<\/em> This means that Health and Social Care Professionals should have the confidence to share information in the best interests of their patients within the framework set out by the Caldicott principles. They should be supported by the policies of their employers, regulators and professional bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We may also have to share your information, subject to strict agreements on how it will be used, with the following organisations;<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will be informed who your data will be shared with and in some cases asked for explicit consent for this to happen, when required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We may also use external companies to process personal information, such as for archiving purposes. These companies are bound by contractual agreements to ensure information is kept confidential and secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please tell us if you don\u2019t want your information to be shared \u2013 either in some or all circumstances. We can make a note on your record that will ensure that your records can only be accessed by a health professional in the Practice (i.e. no administrative staff will be able to look at your records) or we can block your health data so that it can\u2019t be accessed by other health service bodies e.g. Electronic Care Record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The practice website allows for the submission of some personal information for the purposes of updating your medical record e.g. new contact details. The service is provided by accredited suppliers, and all information submitted is covered by the same regulations as all other patient information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The right to erasure is also known as \u201cthe right to be forgotten\u201d and in general refers to an individual\u2019s right to request the deletion or removal of personal information where there is no compelling reason for the Practice to continue using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As with other rights, there are particular conditions around this right and it does not provide individuals with an absolute right to be forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Individuals have the right to have their personal information deleted or removed in the following circumstances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Practice can refuse to deal with your request for erasure when we use your personal information for the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have the right to control how we use your personal information in some circumstances. This is known as the right to restriction. When processing is restricted, the Practice is permitted to store your personal information, but not further use it until an agreement is reached with you about further processing. We can retain enough information about you to ensure that your request for restriction is respected in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Examples of ways you can restrict our processing would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we have shared your personal information with any individuals or organisations, if we restrict our processing, we will tell those individuals or organisations about our restriction if it is possible and not an unreasonable amount of effort. Individuals have the right to access their personal data and a request can be made verbally or in writing. We have one month to respond to a request and in most<\/strong> circumstances we cannot charge a fee. Please refer to our Subject Access Request <\/a>section for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GDPR includes a right for individuals to have inaccurate personal data rectified or completed if it is incomplete. We have one month to respond to a request and in some circumstances, we may refuse this request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The right to data portability allows individuals to obtain and re-use their personal information for their own purposes across different services. It allows them to move, copy or transfer personal information easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way. For example: it enables consumers to take advantage or applications and services which can use their information to find them a better deal.The right to data portability only applies when the individual has submitted their personal information directly, through electronic means to our Practice.This means that in most circumstances the right to data portability does not apply within the Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have the right to object to any instances where a decision is made about you solely by automated means without any human involvement, including profiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Practice does not undertake any decision-making about you using wholly automated means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to invoke any of the data subject rights then please write to The Practice Manager, at the above address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contract holding GPs in the UK receive payments from their respective governments on a tiered basis. Most of the income is derived from baseline capitation payments made according to the number of patients registered with the practice on quarterly payment days. These amount paid per patient per quarter varies according to the age, sex and other demographic details for each patient. There are also graduated payments made according to the practice\u2019s achievement of certain agreed national quality targets known as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QUOF), for instance the proportion of diabetic patients who have had an annual review. Practices can also receive payments for participating in agreed national or local enhanced services, for instance opening early in the morning or late at night or at the weekends. Practices can also receive payments for certain national initiatives such as immunisation programs and practices may also receive incomes relating to a variety of non patient related elements such as premises. Finally there are short term initiatives and projects that practices can take part in. Practices or GPs may also receive income for participating in the education of medical students, junior doctors and GPs themselves as well as research .<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to make patient based payments basic and relevant necessary data about you needs to be sent to the various payment services. The release of this data is required by English laws \u2013 NHS England\u2019s powers to commission health services under the NHS Act 2006 or to delegate such powers to CCGs and the GMS regulations 2004 (73)1).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Public health encompasses everything from national smoking and alcohol policies, the management of epidemics such as flu, the control of large scale infections such as TB and Hepatitis B to local outbreaks of food poisoning or Measles. Certain illnesses are also notifiable; the doctors treating the patient are required by law to inform the Public Health Authorities, for instance Scarlet Fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This will necessarily mean the subjects personal and health information being shared with the Public Health organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the relevant legislation includes: the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010\/659), the Health Protection (Local Authority Powers) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010\/657), the Health Protection (Part 2A Orders) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010\/658), Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 and The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We process prescription requests on a daily basis. This involves our staff accessing information held about you on our computer database, to produce prescription(s) that you, your carer, nominated person, or Pharmacy has requested. Prescriptions can be requested using various methods: by telephone, online via our computer system, by post, in writing, via fax (if available) or in person. Please refer to our Prescription Procedure <\/a>for further information. If using the postal service always allow extra time so you do not run out of your medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will always ask for your details when a prescription uplift request is received; this could be your name, date of birth and address, medication you requested, or Community Health Index Number (which uniquely identifies you). This ensures that we can produce your prescription(s) efficiently, and reduces the risk of an incorrect prescription being given to you or your nominated person\/carer\/Pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please\nallow the allotted time before uplifting your prescription. Prescriptions can\nbe collected\/sent via the following methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NHS in England uses a national electronic record called the Summary Care Record (SCR)<\/a> to support patient care. It contains key information from your GP record. Your SCR provides authorised healthcare staff with faster, secure access to essential information about you in an emergency or when you need unplanned care, where such information would otherwise be unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Summary Care Records are there to improve the safety and quality of your care. SCR core information comprises your allergies, adverse reactions and medications. An SCR with additional information can also include reason for medication, vaccinations, significant diagnoses \/ problems, significant procedures, anticipatory care information and end of life care information. Additional information can only be added to your SCR with your agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please be aware that if you choose to opt-out of SCR, NHS Healthcare Staff caring for you outside of this Surgery may not be aware of your current medications, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines you have had, in order to treat you safely in an emergency. Your records will stay as they are now with information being shared by letter, email, fax or phone. If you wish to opt-out of having an SCR please return a completed opt-out form to the practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are occasions when intervention is necessary in order to save or protect a patient\u2019s life or to prevent them from serious immediate harm, for instance during a collapse or diabetic coma or serious injury or accident. In many of these circumstances the patient may be unconscious or too ill to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In these circumstances we have an overriding duty to try to protect and treat the patient. If necessary we will share your information and possibly sensitive confidential information with other emergency healthcare services, the police or fire brigade, so that you can receive the best treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NHS provides national screening programmes so that certain diseases can be detected at an early stage. These currently apply to bowel cancer, breast cancer, aortic aneurysms and diabetic retinal screening service. The law allows us to share your contact information with Public Health England so that you can be invited to the relevant screening programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information can be found at: Population screening programmes<\/a>, or if you prefer please contact the Practice. Please contact the Practice if you do not wish to participate in any National Screening programmes offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public health encompasses everything from national smoking and alcohol policies, the management of epidemics such as flu, the control of large scale infections such as TB and Hepatitis B to local outbreaks of food poisoning or Measles. Certain illnesses are also notifiable; the doctors treating the patient are required by law to inform the Public Health Authorities, for instance Scarlet Fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This will necessarily mean the subjects personal and health information being shared with the Public Health organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the relevant legislation includes: the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010\/659)<\/a>, the Health Protection (Local Authority Powers) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010\/657)<\/a> , the Health Protection (Part 2A Orders) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010\/658)<\/a> , Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984<\/a>, Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988<\/a> and The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Risk stratification for case finding\u2019 is a process for identifying and managing patients who have or may be at-risk of health conditions (such as diabetes) or who are most likely to need healthcare services (such as people with frailty). Risk stratification tools used in the NHS help determine a person\u2019s risk of suffering a particular condition and enable us to focus on preventing ill health before it develops. Further information about risk stratification<\/a>. CCG’s and some GP Federations operate Pharmacist and prescribing advice services to support local GP practices with prescribing queries, which may require identifiable information to be shared. These Pharmacists work with your usual GP to provide advice on medicines and prescribing queries, and review prescribing of medicines to ensure that it is appropriate for your needs, is safe and also cost-effective. Where specialist prescribing support is required, the CCG Medicines Management Team may order medications on behalf of your GP Practice to support your care. The Practice is dedicated to ensuring that the principles and duties of safeguarding adults and children are holistically, consistently and conscientiously applied with the wellbeing of all, at the heart of what we do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our legal basis for processing For the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) purposes is: –<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article 6(1)(e) \u2018\u2026exercise of official authority\u2026\u2019. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For the processing of special categories data, the basis is: –<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article 9(2)(b) \u2013 \u2018processing is necessary for the purposes of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law\u2026\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Information may be used by the CCG for clinical audit to monitor the quality of the service provided to patients with long-term conditions. Some of this information may be held centrally and used for statistical purposes (e.g. the National Diabetes Audit). When this happens, strict measures are taken to ensure that individual patients cannot be identified from the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes your information may be requested to be used for research purposes \u2013 we will always ask your permission before releasing your information for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPatient Information Leaflet <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Children’s Privacy Policy <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
COVID -19 Privacy Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Registering for NHS care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Keeping your records up to date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Data Protection Officer (DPO)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Senior Governance Manager & Data Protection Officer
North of England Commissioning Support
Teesdale House
Westpoint Road
Thornaby
Stockton-on-Tees
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Tel:<\/strong> 01642 745042<\/p>\n\n\n\nData Controller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We are registered as the data controller and our registration can be viewed online in the public register at: Register of fee payers.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe basis on which we process information about you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lawful basis for processing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information we process because we have a contractual obligation with you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why do we collect this information?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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About the personal information we use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Information we process with your consent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information we process for the purposes of legitimate interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Information we process because we have a legal obligation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information we process may be categorised as special category data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Specific uses of information you provide to us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Who else may ask to access your information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Access to to your own information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rights to object<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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By complying with these laws, the Practice has compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms in the right to object.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nRight to access and correct<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Disclosure and sharing of your information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information we obtain from third parties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Information provided on the understanding that it will be shared with a third party<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What to do if you don\u2019t want your information shared<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information submitted online<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Patient Rights (as the Data Subject)The right to erasure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The right to restrict processing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Whenever we decide to lift a restriction on processing we will tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe right of access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The right to rectification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The right to data portability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Rights related to automated decision making and profiling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Invoking your rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Payments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Public health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Processing of prescriptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Public Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Risk stratification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information about you is collected from a number of sources including NHS Trusts, GP Federations and your GP Practice. A risk score is then arrived at through an analysis of your de-identified information. This can help us identify and offer you additional services to improve your health. Risk-stratification data may also be used to improve local services and commission new services, where there is an identified need. In this area, risk stratification may be commissioned by the our NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG). Section 251 of the NHS Act 2006 provides a statutory legal basis to process data for risk stratification purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do not wish information about you to be included in any risk stratification programmes, please let us know. We can add a code to your records that will stop your information from being used for
this purpose. Please be aware that this may limit the ability of healthcare professionals to identify if you have or are at risk of developing certain serious health conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMedicines Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Supporting Locally Commissioned Services, CCGs support GP Practices by auditing anonymised data to monitor locally commissioned services, measure prevalence and support data quality. The data does not include identifiable information and is used to support patient care and ensure providers are correctly paid for the services they provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSafeguarding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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