Confidentiality and Medical Records

To provide you with the care you need we hold the details of your consultations, illnesses, tests, prescriptions and other treatments that have been recorded by everyone involved in your care and treatment. This information may be stored on paper or electronically on computer files by practice staff.

We sometimes disclose some of your personal health information to other organisations involved in your care. For example, when you are referred to the hospital we send relevant details about you in the referral letter and receive information about you from them. Our practice also participates in regional and national programs such as the cervical cytology screening service and your name, address, date of birth and NHS number will be given to them in order to send an invitation to you. The NHS now operates a central database of patients’ summary records, known as ‘The Spine’. It was created to provide a rapid interchange of information between various bodies within the NHS to facilitate safe, more ‘joined up’ care. A messaging system directs requests from patient’s details, from practices likes ours and a rapid response is achieved. Access to the system is controlled by secure registration and authentication procedures.

As a practice, we are obliged to upload patient data to the system. Should any patient of The Park Medical Practice object to having their details forwarded in this way, should contact the practice for advice. In future, as the practice’s control over such data exchange reduces, it may be necessary to open a dialogue directly between the patient and the Department of Health.

Patients have a right to view their own medical records. The practice has an application form for those who wish to have access to such records (under the auspices of the Data Protection Act 1998). The form can be obtained from the practice manager.

Our use of your personal health information is covered by a duty of confidentiality and is regulated by the Data Protection Act, giving you a number of rights in relation to how your personal information is used, including a right to access the information we hold about you. Should you wish to access this information, please contact the practice manager, in writing. Patients have a right to view their own medical records. The practice has an application form for those who wish to have access to such records (under the auspices of the Data Protection Act 1998). The form can be obtained from the practice manager.

We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.

Freedom of Information

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.

Access to Records

Patients have a right to view their own medical records. The practice has an application form for those who wish to have access to such records (under the auspices of the Data Protection Act 1998). The form can be obtained from the practice manager.

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 manager and may be subject to an administration charge. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.

Our use of your personal health information is covered by a duty of confidentiality and is regulated by the Data Protection Act, giving you a number of rights in relation to how your personal information is used, including a right to access the information we hold about you. Should you wish to access this information, please contact the practice manager in writing. Patients have a right to view their own medical records. The practice has an application form for those who wish to have access to such records (under the auspices of the Data Protection Act 1998). The form can be obtained from the practice manager.

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 manager and may be subject to an administration charge. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.