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Patient Information - Your data and the NHS

The purpose of this Information

This Information explains why the GP Practices, Hospitals and Community Services in North Cheshire have to ask for information about you, how we use that information and the ways in which we make sure the information is kept confidential.

Why we ask for personal information

In order to provide you with the best possible healthcare, we need to maintain proper records of your health, and make sure that this is available to your medical team, wherever and whenever possible.

Doctors need to make notes about any diagnosis, test results, treatments including drug prescriptions, and other information that you may provide, that seems relevant to the treatment of your condition.

Nurses and other health professionals also need access to these records, and will add their own notes, as part of the overall healthcare provision.

Secretaries, receptionists, and other clerical staff need access to some of your records in order to complete administrative tasks, such as booking appointments, and for communicating with you, other parts of the NHS and care providers.

The NHS is dedicated to protecting your information

Everyone working for the NHS has a responsibility and a legal duty to protect your information, so that information is not disclosed to unauthorised bodies or people.

Information is recorded, either on paper or in computer files. However, it is all treated with the same strictly controlled confidential care.

We need to be able to move electronic information from system to system, extracting the data and modifying it for the next system. Tests will need to be made periodically on the data, to check that it has been transferred correctly. This is done under secure, carefully controlled conditions.

The Law strictly controls the sharing of some types of very sensitive personal information.

We are continually reviewing ways in which confidentiality improvements can be made, and it is important for us to know and understand the views of patients and users of the service, including carers.

If you agree, your relatives, friends and carers will be kept up to date with the progress of your treatment.

We may also use some of the information for other reasons

Anyone who receives information from us is also under a legal duty to keep it confidential.

You may also be receiving care from other organisations as well as the NHS. To enable us to work together for your benefit, we may share some information about you.

We may use some information for other reasons, such as to help us protect the health of the public generally and to see that the NHS runs efficiently. Also, so that the NHS can make plans for the future, train its staff, pay its bills and to help staff review the care they provide to you is of the highest standard.

Information may also be needed to carry out medical and other health research for the benefit of everyone. Research projects are always approved by local Research Ethics Committees. If anything to do with research would involve you personally, you will be contacted to see if you would be willing to take part.

Improvements and advances in medical care and treatment can only occur by monitoring current practices. Sometimes managers and planners as well as researchers may need to examine records to assist in the monitoring process. All data that could identify you personally is removed.

In addition, the NHS maintains a number of registries for diseases such as cancer, to allow the NHS to plan the services it provides. These registries are used to monitor the effectiveness of treatments, and therefore over time improve the outcomes for specific conditions.

How to access your health records

You have a right of access to your own health records, subject to certain conditions.

If you want to see the information that is kept about you, then make a written request to the Practice Manager.

Who to contact for further information

=If at any time you would like to know more about how we use your information you can speak to the person in charge of your care, or to the Manager for the organisation.