Confidentiality

We ask you for your personal information so that you can receive care and treatment.

We keep this information, together with details of your care, because it may be needed if we see you again.
We may use some of this information for other reasons: for example, to help us protect the health of the public generally and to see that the NHS runs efficiently, plans for the future, trains its staff, pays its bills and can account for its actions.

Information may also be needed to help educate tomorrow's clinical staff and to carry out medical and other health research for the benefit of everyone.

You may be receiving care from other people as well as the NHS. So that we can all work together for your benefit we may need to share some information about you. We only ever use or pass on information about you if people have a genuine need for it in your and everyone's interest. The sharing of some types of very sensitive personal information is strictly controlled by law. Whenever we can we remove details which identify you.
Sometimes the law requires us to pass on information: for example, to notify a birth.

Anyone who receives information from us is under legal duty to keep it confidential.

EVERYONE WORKING FOR THE NHS HAS A LEGAL DUTY TO KEEP INFORMATION ABOUT YOU CONFIDENTIAL AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU GIVEN TO OTHERS

If at anytime you would like to know more about how we use your information you can speak to the person in charge of your care or ask any member of staff.