be shared for any reason, unless: How we look after and details of glasses or contact lenses supplied to you; safeguard information about you ask us to do so; other details and notes about your we ask and you give us specific you health and medical treatment; permission; records of medicines you have we are permitted by law, for Our optical practices and their staff are been prescribed by your doctor; example where public interest members of your local healthcare team. information relevant to your overrides the need to keep the continued care from other people information confidential. They aim to provide you with the highest who care for you and know you quality of healthcare. To do this they need well, such as other health The types of people we may ask you for to keep records about you, your health professionals and relatives. permission to share information with and the care we have provided or plan to include your doctors (GP and hospital) provide to you. As part of providing a professional, safe and other health professionals. and efficient service, there is certain We know that you value your privacy and information that we record. This includes Anyone who receives information from us the security of personal information held details about your ocular health, your also has a legal duty to keep this about you. general health, advice given and referrals information confidential, subject to made to other health professionals. This recognised exceptions of the types listed Information recorded information won’t be shared with anyone above. else except under the circumstances Information recorded may include: described below in ‘Sharing Information’. Your Rights basic details about you, such as address, date of birth, next of kin; You have the right to confidentiality Sharing Information details of your spectacle or contact under the Data Protection Act 1998, the The information held about you will not lens prescription; Human Rights Act 1998 and the common
How we look after and safeguard information about you Our optical practices and their staff are members of your local healthcare team. They aim to provide you with the highest quality of healthcare. To do this they need to keep records about you, your health and the care we have provided or plan to provide to you. We know that you value your privacy and the security of personal information held about you. Information recorded Information recorded may include: basic details about you, such as address, date of birth, next of kin; details of your spectacle or contact lens prescription; details of glasses or contact lenses supplied to you; other details and notes about your health and medical treatment; records of medicines you have been prescribed by your doctor; information relevant to your continued care from other people who care for you and know you well, such as other health professionals and relatives. As part of providing a professional, safe and efficient service, there is certain information that we record. This includes details about your ocular health, your general health, advice given and referrals made to other health professionals. This information won’t be shared with anyone else except under the circumstances described below in ‘Sharing Information’. Sharing Information The information held about you will not be shared for any reason, unless: you ask us to do so; we ask and you give us specific permission; we are permitted by law, for example where public interest overrides the need to keep the information confidential. The types of people we may ask you for permission to share information with include your doctors (GP and hospital) and other health professionals. Anyone who receives information from us also has a legal duty to keep this information confidential, subject to recognised exceptions of the types listed above. Your Rights You have the right to confidentiality under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the common
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