Your Data, Privacy and the Law
How we use your Medical Records
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This practice handles medical records according to the laws on data protection and confidentiality
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We share medical records with Health Professionals who are involved in providing you with care and treatment. This is on a need to know basis and event by event.
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Some of your data is automatically copied to the Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record
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We may share some of your data with the local Out of Hours Service
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Data about you is used to manage national screening campaigns such as Flu, Cervical Cytology and Diabetes Prevention
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Data about you, usually de-identified, is used to manage the NHS and make payments
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We share information when the law requires us to do, for instance when we are inspected or reporting certain illnesses or safeguarding vulnerable people
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Your data is used to check the quality of care provided by the NHS
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We may also share medical records for medical research
For more information please contact the surgery directly.