Data Protection
To provide you with the care you need we hold the details of your consultations, illnesses, tests, prescriptions and other treatments that have been recorded by everyone involved in your care and treatment. This information may be stored on paper or electronically on computer files by practice staff.
We sometimes disclose some of your personal health information to other organisations involved in your care. For example, when you are referred to the hospital we sent relevant details about you in the referral letter and receive information about you from them. Our practice also participates in regional and national programmes such as the cervical cytology screening service and your name, address, date of birth and health number will be given to them in order to send an invitation to you.
We need to use some of your personal health information for administrative purposes. In order to receive payment for services provided to you, we have to disclose basic details about you to NHS Tayside, the Common Services Agency and the Scottish Heath Service. These organisations have a role in protecting public funds and are authorised to check that payments are being properly made. We are required to co-operate with these checks and the disclosure of your data is a necessary part of our provision of health care services.
Sometimes we may participate in studies that are designed to improve the way services are provided to you or check that our performance meets required standards and benchmarks. Whenever we take part in such an activity we will ensure that, as far as possible, any details that may identify you are not disclosed.
We are sometimes involved in health research and the teaching of student nurses, doctors or other health professionals. We will not use or disclose your personal health information for these purposes unless you have been informed beforehand and given your consent for us to do so.
Where you need a service jointly provided with a local authority we will seek your permission before giving them your details. Sometimes we are required by law to pass on information, e.g. the notification of births, deaths and certain diseases or crimes to the government.
Our use of your personal health information is covered by a duty of confidentiality and this is regulated by the Data Protection Act. This Act gives you a number of rights in relation to how your personal information is used, including a right to access the information we hold about you. Should you wish to access this information, please contact the Practice Manager.
Everyone working for the NHS has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential and adheres to a Code of Practice on protecting patient confidentiality. Further information on this can be found at www.nhsis.co.uk/confidentiality
Anyone who receives information from us is also under a legal duty to keep it confidential.
We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Please note that we are not authorised to discuss your medical condition with anyone other than you or your legal guardian.
e-Privacy Directive
From 26th May 2012, new rules governing the use of cookies by websites comes in to force in Europe.
At the moment, the pages displayed on maryfieldmedicalcentre.com do not use cookies. There is no personal data about you or your visit stored on our server.
Any information you provide to us through this website is sent directly to the practice and is not stored using cookies, nor is it stored on the web server. The information provided to us through this web site follows the NHSScotland Code of Practice.
For more information about the new EU directive, please visit the Information Communications Office (ICO) website.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Section 23 of FOISA requires that all Scottish public authorities maintain a publication scheme. A publication scheme sets out the types of information that a public authority routinely makes available. This scheme has been approved by the Scottish Information Commissioner, who is responsible for enforcing FOISA.
The document can be downloaded here. GP Model Scheme 2010