GDPR

GDPR – what it means to our patients

As you may already know we have approached the beginning of a new era in the administration and protection of your data with the introduction of the GDPR since 25 May.

At Berinsfield Health Centre, the security of your data is taken very seriously. We value your privacy and have robust security in place to ensure that we protect your personal data. We collect and hold data for the purpose of providing healthcare services to our patients and running our organisation which includes monitoring the quality of care that we provide.

Secondly, we ensure that the information we hold about you is relevant, useful and timely. We collect and hold data for the purpose of providing healthcare services to our patients and running our organisation which includes monitoring the quality of care that we provide. In carrying out this role we may collect information about you which helps us respond to your queries or secure specialist services. We may keep your information in written form and/or in digital form. The records may include basic details about you, such as your name and address.

They may also contain more sensitive information about your health and also information such as outcomes of needs assessments. We don’t sell your personal data to third parties. For more information, please refer to the Health Centre’s  Privacy Notice May poster 2022 and 18A.COVID-19-Privacy-Notice.

We’ve created a concise 22. How we use your information Poster and a GDPR Patient Leaflet and  encourage you to take a look to get a better idea of how we use your data and the options available to you. A shortcut to the form that needs filling and submit to the Practice for a Subject Access Request can be found here  27.Subject Access Request Form – Request for Access to Records. For more info regarding the Subject Access Request Policy, please see  23. Subject Access Request Policy.