Your data, privacy and the Law. How we use your medical records.

• This practice handles medical records according to the laws on data protection and confidentiality.
• 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.
• Some of your data is automatically copied to the Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record.
• We may share some of your data with the local Out of Hours Services (e.g. SEBDoc)
• Data about you is used to manage national screening campaigns such as Flu, Cervical cytology and Diabetes prevention.
• Data about you, usually de-identified, is used to manage the NHS and make payments.
• We share information when the law requires us to do, for instance when we are inspected or reporting certain illnesses or safeguarding vulnerable people.
• Your data is used to check the quality of care provided by the NHS.
• We may also share medical records for medical research

For more information please click here to download all our Privacy Notices or speak to the Data Protection Officer, Andrea Lowry.