PRIVACY NOTICE Medical Research and National Clinical Audit How your information is used for medical research and to measure the quality of care Medical research Dr S Witts & Dr S Kannaprian Practice shares information from medical records: to support medical research when the law allows us to do so, for example to learn more about why people get ill and what treatments might work best; we will also use your medical records to carry out research within the practice. This is important because: the use of information from GP medical records is very useful in developing new treatments and medicines; medical researchers use information from medical records to help answer important questions about illnesses and disease so that improvements can be made to the care and treatment patients receive. We share information with the following medical research organisations with your explicit consent or when the law allows: Clinical Practice Research Datalink. You have the right to object to your identifiable information being used or shared for medical research purposes. Please speak to the practice if you wish to object Checking the quality of care - national clinical audits Dr S Witts & Dr S Kannapiran Practice contributes to national clinical audits so that healthcare can be checked and reviewed. Information from medical records can help doctors and other healthcare workers measure and check the quality of care which is provided to you. The results of the checks or audits can show where hospitals are doing well and where they need to improve
PRIVACY NOTICE Medical Research and National Clinical Audit How your information is used for medical research and to measure the quality of care Medical research Dr S Witts & Dr S Kannaprian Practice shares information from medical records: to support medical research when the law allows us to do so, for example to learn more about why people get ill and what treatments might work best; we will also use your medical records to carry out research within the practice. This is important because: the use of information from GP medical records is very useful in developing new treatments and medicines; medical researchers use information from medical records to help answer important questions about illnesses and disease so that improvements can be made to the care and treatment patients receive. We share information with the following medical research organisations with your explicit consent or when the law allows: Clinical Practice Research Datalink. You have the right to object to your identifiable information being used or shared for medical research purposes. Please speak to the practice if you wish to object Checking the quality of care - national clinical audits Dr S Witts & Dr S Kannapiran Practice contributes to national clinical audits so that healthcare can be checked and reviewed. Information from medical records can help doctors and other healthcare workers measure and check the quality of care which is provided to you. The results of the checks or audits can show where hospitals are doing well and where they need to improve
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