To ensure you receive the best possible care, your records are used to facilitate the care you receive. For example, the Practice may need to share your information with other health and care services who will provide you with direct care and treatment, i.e. when referring you to a Consultant in hospital for specialist treatment.
Information held about you may be used to help protect the health of the public and to help manage the NHS. It may also be used in National Screening Programmes, medical research and clinical audits. For National Data Collection requirements, safeguarding and legal requirements. Where necessary it may be used for the security and safety of our staff and our premises.
In some cases, you can object to your personal information being shared with other healthcare providers but you should be aware that this may, in some instances, affect your care as important information about your health might not be available to healthcare staff in other organisations. If this limits the treatment that you can receive then the Practice staff will explain this to you at the time you object.
We will not share your information with any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.