Practice Policies

Confidentiality and Medical Records
The practice complies with legislation relating to data protection and access to medical records. Identifiable information about you will be shared within the Practice health care team and with other health care professionals to whom you are referred for care.
Confidential and identifiable patient information will not be disclosed to 3rd parties without explicit consent unless
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It is a matter or life and death or serious harm to you or another individual
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It is overwhelmingly in the public interest to do so
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There is legal obligation to do so.
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.
All individuals with access to your data have a professional and /or contractual duty of confidentiality. This includes administrative staff within the Practice who require access to your records in order to carry out their role.
If you are concerned about any of the ways in which your confidential data is used, further information is available from the Practice Manager.
Please click on the link to view our Practice privacy notice
Violence Policy
The NHS operate a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse. The practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons. Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety.
In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.
