WHO WE MAY PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO, AND WHY Whenever you use a health or care service, such as attending Accident & Emergency or using Community Care Services, important information about you is collected to help ensure you get the best possible care and treatment. This information may be passed to other approved organisations where there is a legal basis, to help with planning services, improving care, research into developing new treatments and preventing illness. All of this helps in proving better care to you and your family and future generations. However, as explained in this privacy notice, confidential information about your health and care is only used in this way where allowed by law and would never be used for any other purpose without your clear and explicit consent. We may pass your personal information on to the following people or organisations, because these organisations may require your information to assist them in the provision of your direct healthcare needs. It, therefore, may be important for them to be able to access your information for the purposes of direct or indirect care services to you. Hospital professionals (such as Doctors, Consultants, Nurses, Community Services, Health & Social Care etc); Other GPs/Doctors, Locums, Trainees, Medical Students; A&E, Out of Hours, Medical Research Pharmacists, Midwives, Phlebotomists, Active Herts, Dieticians Nurses and other healthcare professionals Dentists Any other person that is involved in providing services related to your general healthcare, including mental health professionals OTHER PEOPLE WHO WE PROVIDE/SHARE YOUR INFORMATION TO/WITH Commissioners; Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs); Local Authorities; for example Safeguarding we sometimes need to share information so that – other people, including healthcare staff, children or others with safeguarding needs, are protected from risk of harm. These circumstances are rare. We do not need your consent or agreement to do this. Community Health Services Care Quality Commission (CQC) NHS England
WHO WE MAY PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO, AND WHY Whenever you use a health or care service, such as attending Accident & Emergency or using Community Care Services, important information about you is collected to help ensure you get the best possible care and treatment. This information may be passed to other approved organisations where there is a legal basis, to help with planning services, improving care, research into developing new treatments and preventing illness. All of this helps in proving better care to you and your family and future generations. However, as explained in this privacy notice, confidential information about your health and care is only used in this way where allowed by law and would never be used for any other purpose without your clear and explicit consent. We may pass your personal information on to the following people or organisations, because these organisations may require your information to assist them in the provision of your direct healthcare needs. It, therefore, may be important for them to be able to access your information for the purposes of direct or indirect care services to you. Hospital professionals (such as Doctors, Consultants, Nurses, Community Services, Health & Social Care etc); Other GPs/Doctors, Locums, Trainees, Medical Students; A&E, Out of Hours, Medical Research Pharmacists, Midwives, Phlebotomists, Active Herts, Dieticians Nurses and other healthcare professionals Dentists Any other person that is involved in providing services related to your general healthcare, including mental health professionals OTHER PEOPLE WHO WE PROVIDE/SHARE YOUR INFORMATION TO/WITH Commissioners; Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs); Local Authorities; for example Safeguarding – we sometimes need to share information so that other people, including healthcare staff, children or others with safeguarding needs, are protected from risk of harm. These circumstances are rare. We do not need your consent or agreement to do this. Community Health Services Care Quality Commission (CQC) NHS England
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