Confidentiality & Patient Information

Everyone working for the NHS has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential 

You may be receiving care from other people as well as the NHS. So that we can all work together for your benefit, we may need to share some information about you. We only ever use or pass on information about you if people have a genuine need for it in your and everyone’s interest. Whenever we can we shall remove details that identify you. The sharing of some types of very sensitive personal information is strictly controlled by law. Anyone who receives information from us is also under a legal duty to keep it confidential.

If you would like to access your medical records, please put your request in writing to the practice.

Access to Records

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Access to Health Records Act, patients may request to see their medical records. Such requests should be made through the practice and this may be subject to an administration charge. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.