Information about the General Practitioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager.

The practice complies with data protection and access to medical records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances:

• To provide further medical treatment for you e.g. from district nurses and hospital services.
• To help you get other services e.g. from the social work department. This requires your consent.
• When we have a duty to others e.g. in child protection cases anonymised patient information will also be used at local and national level to help the Health Board and Government plan services e.g. for diabetic care.

If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.

Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.

The Data Protection Privacy Notice for Patients lets you know what happens to any personal data that you give to us, or any that we may collect from or about you.

The privacy notice applies to personal information processed by or on behalf of the practice. There are leaflet versions at the bottom of this page which are a more accessible version of the privacy notices.

It explains

• who we are, how we use your information and our Data Protection Officer
• what kinds of personal information about you do we process?
• what are the legal grounds for our processing of your personal information (including when we share it with others)?
• what should you do if your personal information changes?
• for how long your personal information is retained by us.
• What are your rights under data protection laws?

You can read this document by clicking here.

We also have a Children’s Privacy Notice – click here

How we use your information

A leaflet is available which explains:

• Why the Practice collects information about you and how it is used,
• Who we may share information with, and
• Your right to see your health records and how we keep your records confidential.

You can access the leaflet by clicking here

There is a Privacy Information Leaflet for Children available here