The practice is subject to a range of legislation covering the information that we collect about our patients. Confidentiality is very important and all the doctors and staff work to strict guidelines to ensure that information about patients is kept securely in the practice.
However, there are times when properly authorised people outside the Practice have access to our medical records.
These include the following: -
The Health and Social Care Board and Business Support Agency who, as part of their probity work, occasionally check records against claims made for payment for the provision of services. The practice is subject to the following legislation, which tells us what our responsibilities are relating to the data we hold on patients, and what rights patients and other interested parties have to access that information: - Data Protection Act 1988 and Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Practice adheres to the requirements of the Medicines Act for the storage, prescribing, dispensing, recording and disposal of drugs including controlled drugs.
If you would like more information about how the Practice complies with legislation, please put your request in writing to the Practice Manager.