GDPR
Changes in the regulations around data protection take effect from 25th May 2018. Full details are listed on our Information Sharing page.
Your data, privacy and the Law. How we use your medical records.
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 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 may/do 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 medical records for medical research .
For more information visit our web site: www.thebrookmedicalcentre.co.uk
Freedom Of Information Act 2000
Under the above act the Practice is obliged to have a Publication Scheme detailing what information is routinely available and any charges for providing any of the various categories of Information.
Our scheme is available in hard copy only and comprises the following classes of information.
Class 1 - Who we are and what we do (Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts) - This will be current information only |
Doctors in the Practice |
Contact details for the Practice (named contacts where possible with telephone number and email address (if used)) |
Opening hours |
Other staffing details |
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Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it (Financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit) - Current and previous financial year as a minimum |
Total cost to the CCG / NHS England / Public Health England / LHB / HSSB of the Practice’s Contracted Services. |
Audit of NHS income |
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Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing (Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews) Current and previous year as a minimum. |
Plans for the development and provision of NHS services |
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Class 4 – How we make decisions (Decision making processes and records of decisions) - Current and previous year as a minimum |
Records of decisions made in the practice affecting the provision of NHS services |
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Class 5 – Our policies and procedures (Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering services and responsibilities) Current information only. |
Policies and procedures about the employment of staff |
Internal instructions to staff and policies relating to the delivery of services |
Equality and diversity policy |
Health and safety policy |
Complaints procedures (including those covering requests for information and operating the publication scheme) |
Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive) |
Data protection policies |
Policies and procedures for handling requests for information |
Patients’ charter |
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Class 6 – Lists and Registers Currently maintained lists and registers only. |
Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this should be publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will suffice) |
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Class 7 – The services the Practice offers (Information about the services offered, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public) - Current information only. |
The services provided under contract to the NHS |
Charges for any of these services |
Information leaflets |
Out of hours arrangements |
For further information please contact Ian O'Connor, Management Partner