How we use your data

 

Lawful basis:

 

Article 6(1)(e) ‘….necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority…’

 

Article 9(2)(h) ’…necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services.

Description Purpose of the processing Recipients
Cluster working – The practice works as part of NCN West cluster. This means that we will work together to provide services across the population to support care and treatment. Data will be shared between cluster practices for the provision of care for example to provide GP cover or where a service is offered like physiotherapy.  To provide direct health or social care services to individual patients through a grouping of GPs working with other health and care professionals to plan and provide services locally. Other GP’s within the cluster,  voluntary Service, medicines management, community network services – integrated health and social care e.g. District Nursing, and the Local Public Health Team
Invoice Validation – If you have received treatment within the NHS, your personal information may be shared within a secure environment, to ensure the correct Health Board covers the cost of your care and treatment.

To ensure the correct Health Board is charged for the cost of your care and treatment.
Details of the treatment received will be shared for charging purposes with Health Boards and as part of auditing requirements.
NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) – NWIS is a national body, which has legal responsibilities to collect information about the health and social care services.  Data is collected from organisations across NHS Wales to report on the performance of the NHS so that improvements can be made to services. More information about NWIS services and how it uses data can be found at:  http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/956/home NWIS has a legal responsibility to collect information to report to NHS Wales and Welsh Government Information. NHS Wales, Welsh Government via anonymised data and statistics, Primary Care for discussion on improving performance to services offered

Registering for NHS Health Care -

Everyone who receives NHS care will be registered on a national database, which holds your name, address, date of birth and NHS number.  No medical Information is held.  This database is held within the NHS Wales Informatics Service who have the legal responsibilities to collect NHS Data		 Centralised national database of all patients who receive NHS care in Wales.  This is held within NWIS who have a legal responsibility for collecting this data. NHS Wales  - Information is shared with the Welsh Government in an anonymised form for statistical analysis.
Direct Care – The Practice will share your information with other services in order to provide you with direct care and treatment for example referring you to specialist treatment in a hospital To give direct health or social care to individual patients through working with other health and care professionals to plan and provide specialist services in a hospital setting. Health Boards, Voluntary Services, Medicines Management, Community Network Services,  Integrated Health and Social Care teams e.g. District Nursing, Local Public Health Team.

Direct Care – sharing your prescription with your local pharmacy

 For the requirement of fulfilling your prescription request. Between GP and Pharmacy
Welsh GP Summary Record  - This record provides a summary of important information contained in your GP records including your full name, address and contact information, along with current medication, previous medication prescribed in the last two years, current problems or diagnosis, recent test results and allergy or adverse reaction information.  You can “opt out” of sharing your information in the summary record.  Further information is available here:  Welsh GP Record To allow healthcare professional quick and timely access to the most relevant and recent clinical information when providing you direct care and treatment.

Hospital doctors and nurses directly involved in your care.

Doctors and Nurses providing GP out of hours services

Hospital pharmacists directly involved in your care.
Direct Care – provided by out of hours and A&E Out of hours and A&E staff may need to access your records in order to provide you the most appropriate care and treatment.

A&E Hospital doctors and nurses directly involved in your care.

Doctors and Nurses providing GP out of hours services

Hospital pharmacists directly involved in your care

National Screening Programmes – The practice will share data for the purpose of inviting patients to participate in national screening programmes. These programmes are used to assist the early detection of certain medical conditions and diseases. There are currently several programmes in place including, bowel screening, breast screening aortic aneurysms screening, diabetes screening, cervical screening, antenatal screening, newborn hearing screening and newborn bloodspot screening.

The law permits The Rogerstone Practice to share information with Public Health Wales for you to be notified to attend the relevant screening programme.

More information can be found at Screening for Life Wales

Information is shared so that the most high-risk patients are identified and invited for screening where treatment can be offered.

  

Public Health Wales [http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk/]