Privacy Policy

Baker Street Surgery Privacy Statement

Baker Street Surgery aims to ensure the highest standard of medical care for our patients. To do this we keep records about you, your health and the care we have provided or plan to provide to you.

This privacy notice does not provide exhaustive details of all aspects of the collection and use of personal information by Baker Street Surgery. However we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. If you wish to request further information please contact the Practice Manager, Moira Fletcher: 0141 632 4962: Baker Street Surgery, 9 Baker Street, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 3YA: [email protected]

This website collects some personal data from users, as stated in our website provider’s Privacy Policy.

How we use your information

In order to provide for your care, we need to collect and keep information about you and your health on our records. Your information is used to:

Provide a basis for all health decisions made by care professionals with and for you
Make sure your care is safe and effective
Work effectively with others providing you with care
Send notifications to you about appointment reminders, flu clinics, health promotion information, cancellation of clinics and changes in service provision

We may also use, or share, your information for the following purposes:

Looking after the health of the general public
Making sure that our services can meet patient needs in the future
Auditing – Using patient health information to review and improve the quality of healthcare
Patient identifiable information is only used within the practice. (Patients have the right to request that their health information is not included in audits)
Preparing statistics on NHS performance and activity (where steps will be taken to ensure that you cannot be identified)
Investigating concerns, complaints or legal claims
Helping staff to review the care they provide to make sure it is of the highest standards
Training and educating staff
Research approved by the Local Research Ethics Committee (If anything to do with the research would involve you personally, you will be contacted to provide consent)

Disclosure of Information to Other Health and Social Professionals

We work with a number of other NHS and partner agencies to provide healthcare services to you.

Below is a list of organisations that we share your information with:

Our Partner Organisations:

Other NHS hospitals
Relevant GP Practices
Dentists, Opticians, and Pharmacies
Private Sector Providers (private hospitals, care homes, hospices, contractors providing services to the NHS)
Voluntary sector providers who are directly involved in your care
Ambulance Service
Specialist Services
Health and Social Care Clusters
Out of Hours Medical Services
NHS Scotland

We may also share your information with your consent, and subject to strict protocols, about how it will be used, with:

Local Authority Departments, Education, Housing and Public Health
Police and Fire Services
Health and Social Care

Risk Prediction

Risk prediction data tools are increasingly being used in the NHS to help determine a person’s risk of suffering a particular condition, preventing an unplanned or (re)admission and identifying a need for preventive information. Information about you is collected from a number of sources in NHS Scotland including this GP Practice. A risk score is then arrived at through an analysis of your de- identifiable information by ISD Scotland and is only provided back to your GP’s Data Controller in an identifiable form. Risk prediction enables your GP to focus on preventing ill health and not just the treatment of sickness. If necessary, your GP may be able to offer you additional services.

Baker Street Surgery Participation in Research

As a practice, we feel that research is essential for progress in healthcare and is of considerable benefit to individual patients and the public as a whole. We sometimes take part in research studies with the help of experienced NHS staff who search medical records for people who might be suitable so that we can write to them asking if they are interested in taking part.

No personal identifiable data is removed from the NHS or provided to any researchers without specific consent from patients.

Patients have the right to opt out of being contacted about research studies. Please let the reception staff or your GP know if you wish to opt out.

If you have any questions, please speak to the Practice Manager, Moira Fletcher (0141 632 4962).

To access the full NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Privacy statement, please go to

https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/media/248110/nhsggc_gdpr_data_protection_noticedocx.pdf

PHS Primary Care Intelligence Service (PCIS)

Patient Privacy Notice Data extracts previously captured via SPIRE are now scheduled to be undertaken by the new PHS Primary Care Intelligence Service (PCIS). The permissions associated with the new service are the same as those previously agreed for SPIRE.

Emergency Care Summary (ECS)

Emergency care information such as your name, date of birth, the name of your GP, any medicines which your GP has prescribed , any medicines you are allergic to or react badly to, is shared with Out of Hours as this might be important if you need urgent medical care when the GP surgery is closed. NHS staff (Doctors, Nurses, Accident and Emergency, Ambulance control and crews) can look at your ECS if they need to treat you when the surgery is closed. They will ask for your consent before they look at your records.

In an emergency and if you are unconscious, staff may look at your ECS without your agreement to let them give you the best possible care.

Whenever NHS staff look at your ECS, a record will be kept so we can always check who has looked at your information.

Key Information Summary (KIS)

Key Information Summary (KIS) has been designed to support patients who have complex care needs or long term conditions.

KIS allows important information to be shared with health care professionals in unscheduled care in the NHS, A&E , Scottish Ambulance Service, Out of Hours, hospital and pharmacy environments.

Information contained in a KIS summary includes, future care plans, medications, allergies, diagnosis, your wishes, carer and next of kin details.

You have the right to say that you do not want Care staff to see ECS/KIS. Please contact the Practice on 0141 632 4962 to let us know.

Online Registration for Booking Appointments and Repeat Prescriptions

This service allows you to book routine appointments 24 hours a day, cancel appointments no longer needed, check your repeat medication, order repeat prescriptions and make changes to your email and mobile contact number where appropriate. You will need to register for this service and can de-register at any time.

Medicine Management

The Practice may conduct Medicines Management Reviews of medication prescribed to its patients.

This service performs a review of prescribed medications to ensure patients receive the most appropriate, up to date and cost effective treatments. This service is provided by our own clinicians and Pharmacists provided by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

Computer System

This Practice operates a Clinical Computer System on which NHS Staff record information securely. This information can be shared with other Clinicians so that everyone caring for you is fully informed about your relevant medical history.

To provide around the clock safe care, unless you have asked us not to, we will make information available to trusted organisations. Wherever possible, their staff will ask for your consent before information is viewed.

We consider patient consent as being the key factor in dealing with your health information.

Shared Care Records

To support your care, and improve the sharing of relevant information to our partner organisations when they are involved in looking after you, we will share information to other NHS systems e.g. medication for out of hours care. The general principle is that information is passed to these systems unless you request this does not happen, but that system users should ask for your consent before viewing your record.

How We Keep Your Information Confidential and Secure

We are committed to protecting your privacy and will use only information collected lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, the Common Law of Confidentiality, The General Data Protection Regulation and the NHS Codes of Confidentiality and Security. Everyone working in, or for the NHS must use personal information in a secure and confidential way.

We will only ever use or pass on your information if there is a genuine need to do so. We will not disclose information about you to third parties without your permission unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as when the law requires.

To protect your confidentiality, we will not normally disclose any medical information about you over the phone, or by fax, unless we are sure that we are talking to you. This means we will not disclose information to your family, friends and colleagues about any medical matters at all, unless we know that we have your consent to do so.

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

All persons in the Practice sign a confidentiality agreement that explicitly makes clear their duties in relation to personal health information and the consequences of breaching that duty.

Please be aware that your information will be accessed by non-clinical Practice staff in order to perform tasks enabling the functioning of the Practice. These are, but not limited to:

Typing referral letters to Hospital Consultants or allied Health Professionals
Opening letters from hospitals and Consultants
Scanning clinical letters, radiology reports and any other documents not available in electronic format
Photocopying or printing documents for referral to Consultants
Handling, printing, photocopying and postage of medico-legal and life assurance reports and of associated documents.

Right of Access to Your Health Information

The General Data Protection Regulation allows you to find out what information about you is held on computer and in manual records. This is known as “right of subject access” and applies to personal information held about you. If you want to see or receive information that the Practice holds about you

You will have to make a written request to the Practice Manager
There may be a charge for excessive requests to have a printed copy of the information held about you
We are required to respond to you within one month
You will need to give us adequate information (e.g. full name, address, date of birth, NHS number etc, forms of identification etc) to enable us to identify you and provide the correct information

Who Else May Ask To Access Your Information

The Court can insist that we disclose medical records to them
Solicitors often ask for medical reports. We will require your signed consent for us to disclose information. We will not normally release details about other people that are contained in your records (e.g. wife, children, parents etc) unless we also have their consent
Social Services. The Benefits Agency and others may require medical reports on you from time to time. We will need to see your signed consent to provide information to them
Life Assurance Companies/Employers/Occupational Health Doctors frequently ask for medical reports on individuals. These are always accompanied by your signed consent form

We will only disclose the relevant medical information as per your consent. You have the right, should you request it, to see reports prepared for Insurance Companies, Employers or Occupational Health doctors before they are sent

They should advise you of this and let you know when the 21 day period in which you have to see the information starts

Sharing Your Information without Consent

We will normally ask for your consent, but there are times when we may be required by law to share your information without your consent, for example:
Where there is a serious risk of harm or abuse to you or other people
Where there is a serious crime, such as assault, being investigated or where it could be prevented
Where we encounter infectious diseases that may endanger the safety of others, such as meningitis or measles (but not sensitive information such as HIV/AIDS)
Where a formal Court Order has been issued
Where there is a legal requirement e.g. if you have committed a road traffic offence

Baker Street Surgery is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Concerns about Sharing Your Information

If you have concerns about how we use or share your information, or you do not wish us to share your information, then please contact the Practice Manager on 0141 632 4962.

Complaints

If you have a complaint about how we manage your information at the Practice, please contact the Practice Manager. If you remain unhappy with the Practice’s response, you can complain to the Information Commissioner Office www.ico.gov.uk

Change of Details

It is important that you tell us if any of your details such as your name, address, or telephone number change have changed or if any of your details such as date of birth is incorrect in order for this to be amended. You have a responsibility to inform us of any changes so our records are kept accurate and up to date at all times.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review. This Privacy Notice will be reviewed again in May 2020.