there is a good basis for assessing the type and quality of care you have received. This will lead to better care both for you and for other patients in the future. your concerns can be properly investigated if you need to complain. How your records are used to help the NHS paying your GP or hospital for the care you have received the audit of NHS accounts, Service Evaluation and Clinical Audit of the quality of services provided reporting and investigating complaints, claims and untoward incidents planning services to ensure we meet the of our population in the future preparing statistics on our performance for the Department of Health. reviewing our care to make sure that it is of the highest standard teaching and training health care professionals conducting health research and development please see below – ‘Research’ Records will be kept in line with the Department of Health Records Management Code of Practice which determines the minimum length of time that records should be kept for. How we use your information aspects – Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), all organisations must ensure they have a clear legal basis for processing information. When your information is used for your care and administrative purposes related to your care, we rely on and of the GDPR. For Research, in most instances we will rely on and of the GDPR if and when we use your information for research. If you have formally consented to take part in research, this will satisfy the common law duty of confidentiality. Where it has been impracticable to obtain your consent we will seek approval from the Secretary of State via the under Section 251 of the . For Secondary (indirect care) purposes, when there is a legal requirement that we provide specified data to NHS Digital for example, we rely on of the GDPR. In cases where the common duty of confidentiality cannot be satisfied through consent we seek approval from the Secretary of State via the under Section 251 of the . Your information rights You have the right to know how we will use your personal information; You have the right to see your health record see the section on Requesting – a Copy of your Records below. You have the right to object to us making use of your information other than for your care;
there is a good basis for assessing the type and quality of care you have received. This will lead to better care both for you and for other patients in the future. your concerns can be properly investigated if you need to complain. How your records are used to help the NHS paying your GP or hospital for the care you have received the audit of NHS accounts, Service Evaluation and Clinical Audit of the quality of services provided reporting and investigating complaints, claims and untoward incidents planning services to ensure we meet the of our population in the future preparing statistics on our performance for the Department of Health. reviewing our care to make sure that it is of the highest standard teaching and training health care professionals conducting health research and development – please see ‘Research’ below Records will be kept in line with the Department of Health Records Management Code of Practice which determines the minimum length of time that records should be kept for. How we use your information – aspects Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), all organisations must ensure they have a clear legal basis for processing information. When your information is used for your care and administrative purposes related to your care, we rely on and of the GDPR. For Research, in most instances we will rely on and of the GDPR if and when we use your information for research. If you have formally consented to take part in research, this will satisfy the common law duty of confidentiality. Where it has been impracticable to obtain your consent we will seek approval from the Secretary of State via the under Section 251 of the . For Secondary (indirect care) purposes, when there is a legal requirement that we provide specified data to NHS Digital for example, we rely on of the GDPR. In cases where the common duty of confidentiality cannot be satisfied through consent we seek approval from the Secretary of State via the under Section 251 of the . Your information rights You have the right to know how we will use your personal information; You have the right to see your health record – see the section on Requesting a Copy of your Records below. You have the right to object to us making use of your information other than for your care;
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