Patient Confidentiality
The practice complies with GDPR 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.
Alternatively, you may have the right to demand that this record is not shared with anyone who is not involved in the provision of your direct healthcare. If you wish to enquire further as to your rights in respect of not sharing information on this record then please contact our Data Protection Officer: iwccg.cowesmcdpo@nhs.net
If you do choose to opt out, you can still consent to your data being used for specific purposes.
To find out more about the wider use of confidential personal information and to register your choice to opt out if you do not want your data to be used in this way, please visit: