Why do we need one? Your doctor’s surgery needs a privacy notice to make sure it meets the legal requirements which are written in a new document called the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short). What is the GDPR? The GDPR is a new document that helps your doctor’s surgery keep the information about you secure. It’s new and will be introduced on the 25th May 2018, making sure that your doctor, nurse and any other staff at the practice follow the rules and keep your information safe. How do you know about our privacy notice? At your surgery, we have posters in our waiting room and leaflets to give to patients and we also have lots of information about privacy on our website, telling you how we use the information we have about you. What information do we collect about you? Don’t worry; we only collect the information we need to help us keep you healthy – such as your name, address, records of appointments, visits, telephone calls, your health record, treatment and medicines, test results, X-rays and any other information to enable us to care for you. How do we use your information? Your information is taken to help us provide your care. But we might need to share this information with other medical teams, such as hospitals, if you need to been seen by a consultant or sent for an
Why do we need one? Your doctor’s surgery needs a privacy notice to make sure it meets the legal requirements which are written in a new document called the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short). What is the GDPR? The GDPR is a new document that helps your doctor’s surgery keep the information about you secure. It’s new and will be introduced on the 25th May 2018, making sure that your doctor, nurse and any other staff at the practice follow the rules and keep your information safe. How do you know about our privacy notice? At your surgery, we have posters in our waiting room and leaflets to give to patients and we also have lots of information about privacy on our website, telling you how we use the information we have about you. What information do we collect about you? Don’t worry; we only collect the information we need to help us keep you healthy – such as your name, address, records of appointments, visits, telephone calls, your health record, treatment and medicines, test results, X-rays and any other information to enable us to care for you. How do we use your information? Your information is taken to help us provide your care. But we might need to share this information with other medical teams, such as hospitals, if you need to been seen by a consultant or sent for an
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