GDPR/Your Data

Confidentiality and Consent

All patients are entitled to have their medical information kept private. We take patient confidentiality very seriously at Parkwood Surgery and all of our staff are trained to ensure this is not breached. We will only share your details with other health care professionals for example if we were to refer you on to hospital for a consultation or procedure.

Confidentiality can sometimes cause issues for family members as without the patients consent we will not discuss you with them unless you have provided us with consent to do so. Please complete the following form and return it to the surgery.

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If at any time you think your confidentiality has been breached please let us know straight away.

Please see below our Privacy Notices.

NHS GDPR Guidance – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – information – NHS Digital

Statement of Intent

GP to GP Record Transfers
Patient Online Access to Their GP Record
Data for commissioning and other secondary care purposes
Summary Care Record (SCR)

The same contractual obligations require that we have a statement of intent regarding these developments in place and publicised by 30 September 2014.

Please find below details of the practices stance with regards to these points.

GP to GP Record Transfers

NHS England require practices to utilise the GP2GP facility for the transfer of patient records between practices, when a patient registers or de-registers (not for temporary registration).
It is very important that you are registered with a doctor at all times. If you leave your GP and register with a new GP, your medical records will be removed from your previous doctor and forwarded on to your new GP via NHS England. It can take your paper records up to two weeks to reach your new surgery.

With GP to GP record transfers your electronic record is transferred to your new practice much sooner.

The practice confirms that GP to GP transfers are already active and we send and receive patient records via this system.

Patient Online Access to Their GP Record

We currently offer the facility for cancelling appointments and also for ordering your repeat prescriptions and viewing a summary of your medical records online. If you do not already have a user name and password for this system please ask the receptionist to provide you with one. If you require access to your records online please request this option when you log in to your account.

Data for commissioning and other secondary care purposes

It is already a requirement of the Health and Social Care Act that practices must meet the reasonable data requirements of commissioners and other health and social care organisations through appropriate and safe data sharing for secondary uses, as specified in the technical specification for care data.

At our practice we have specific arrangements in place to allow patients to “opt out” of care data. Data which allows for the removal of data from the practice. Please see the page about care data on our website.

The Practice confirms these arrangements are in place and that we undertake annual training and audits to ensure that all our data is handled correctly and safely via the Information Governance Toolkit.

Summary Care Record

Summary Care Record (SCR) is an electronic record which contains information about the medicines you take, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines you have had.

Why do I need a Summary Care Record?

Storing information in one place makes it easier for healthcare staff to treat you in an emergency, or when your GP practice is closed.
This information could make a difference to how a doctor decides to care for you, for example which medicines they choose to prescribe for you.

Who can see it?

Only healthcare staff involved in your care can see your Summary Care Record.

Do I have to have one?

No, it is not compulsory. If you choose to opt out of the scheme, then you will need to complete a form.

For further information visit the NHS Care records website.